 I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.  The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Page 83edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...A P. Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walks... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...door, good John ! fatigued I said. Tie op the knocker ; nay I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star rate* 1 nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire iii each eye, at it) papers in each band. They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...Arbuthnot. P. Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out: Fire in each eye and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walks... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out: Fire in each eye and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walks... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...door, good John," fatigued I said: "Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead!" The dog-star rages 1 Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand. They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...lines, How the wit brightens ! how the style refines 1 3882 Pope : E. on Criticism. Pt. ii. Line 218 The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. 3883 Pope... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1887 - 224 pages
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 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1890 - 364 pages
...AIIBUTHNOT. Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls... | |
 | John Wilson - 1892 - 456 pages
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 | James Louis O'Neil - Books and reading - 1893 - 154 pages
...— " Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star rages! nay, 'tis past a doubt All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land." This reminds... | |
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