 William's thundering arm prevail'd. For right hereditary tax'd and fin'd, He stuck to poverty with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no...  The Invariable Principles of Poetry - Page 56by William Lisle Bowles - 1819 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1796 - 500 pages
...with peace of mind ; 65 And me the Muses help to undergo it, Co:ivict a Papist he, and I a poet. But, (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care often Monros, 70 If I would scribble rather than repose. 'Years foll'wing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...with peace of mind ; 65 And me the Muses help to undergo it, Convict a Papist he, and I a poet. But [thanks to Homer] since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care often Monroes, 70 If I would scribble rather than repose. Years foll'wing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses lielp'd to undergo it ; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive ; Sure I should want the care of ten Mouroes, If I would scrihble rather than repose. Years following... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive. Indebted to no prince or peer alive : Sure I should want the care of ten Mouroes, If I would scribble rather than repose. Years following... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...from the metropolis. And me, the muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But, (thanks to Homer,) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, 70,, If I would scribble, rather than repose. Years following... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 600 pages
...Then there is Alderman Barber; see Spence's Anecdotes. There is Pope's cold answer to Halifax when he proposed a pension ; his behaviour to Craggs and to...Addison upon like occasions, and his own two lines — written when princes would have been proud to pension, and peers to promote him, and when the whole... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 pages
...with peace of mind; And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes If I would scribble rather than repose. In one our frolics,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...peace of mind ; 65 And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a Papist he, and I a Poet. But (thanks to Homer), since I live and thrive, Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. g Years following... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 pages
...with peace of mind; And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Mouroes If I would scribble rather than repose. In one our frolics,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...with peace of mind ; 65 And me, the Muses help to undergo it ; Convict a Papist he, and I a poet. But, (thanks to Homer,) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. 1 Years following... | |
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