...trembling aspiration, " I, too, am a poet." Pope adopts with apparent sincerity the Ovidian phrase, "As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came." His father corrected his early performances, and, when not satisfied, sent him back with the phrase,...

...thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; The muse but serv'd to...

...promise, serv'd no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend.* Ib. iv. As yet a child, not yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Epistle to Dr. Arbutfmot, line 128. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs,...

...trembling aspiration, " I, too, am a poet." Pope adopts with apparent sincerity the Ovidian phrase, . " As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, fot the numbers came." His father corrected his early performances, and, when not satisfied, sent him...

...? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. Pope, E. Af. iv. 237. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope, Sat. Prol.\27. Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call : She comes unlocked for, if she comes...

...thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; The muse but serv'd to...

...thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. \ I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. 130 To second, Arbuthnot!...

...in Icel. rim, ritna ; MHG rim. Cp. Lat. numerus (i) a number, (2) musical measure ; hence Pope's ' As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.' Prol. Sat. 127. The meaning, and later spelling of the word (rhyme), have been influenced by Lat. rhythmus,...

...verses, so in Icel. rim, rima ; MHG rim. Cp. Lat. numerus (i) a number, (2) musical measure; hence Pope's 'As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numhers, for the numhers came.' Prol. Sat. 127. The meaning, and later spelling of the word (rhyme\...

...Satire. Line 89. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt' me in ink, my parents' or my own ''. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. j. POPE — Prohijan to Satire. Line 125. Tis not how well an author says; But 'tis how much, that...