 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
 | W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 604 pages
...O HUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, \J 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... | |
| |
