...dinner-time. Is there a parson much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk fore-doomed his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross ? POPE. 250 Is there, who, locked from ink and paper, scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darkened...

...phenomenon described by Pope as being so perplexing to parents, namely :— , "A youth foredoomed Ilia father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross." In fact the laudable efforts of the elder Zorilla (a successful lawyer, full of years, business, and...

...phenomenon described by Pope as being so perplexing to parents, namely :— "Л youth foredoomed bis father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross." In fact the laudable efforts of the elder Zorilla (a successful lawyer, full of years, business, and...

...Is there a parson, much bemused in beer, 15 A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, forcdoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when...and paper, scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darken 'd walls?3 20 All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain....

...Is there a parson much be-mused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, fore-doomed.his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross '< Is there who, locked from ink and paper, scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darkened walls ? All fly to Twickenham,...

...smiling, bowing, Then crying — " Gem'men, going, going, going !" Dr Wolcot. 51 A clerk, condemn'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross. Pope. 52 A thing in black called A poet; his means Are what the gentle fates please to allow him. Cowley....

...me, just at dinner-time. Is there a parson, much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who...scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? 20 All fly to Twit'nara, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or Tain. Arthur, whose...

...me, just at dinner-time. Is there a parson, much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who...scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? 20 All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain. Arthur, whose...

...dinner-time. Is there a parson much bemused in beer A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk foredoomed his father's soul to cross Who pens a stanza when he should engross? Is there who, locked from ink and paper, scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darkened walls f All fly to Twit'nam,...

...the Tower of London, D'Israeli says : — " Prynne literally verified Pope's description : — • " Is there who, lock'd from ink and paper, scrawls With desperate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? " The word " verified " is here meant for " anticipated." A verification of a thing must come after...