 For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write. about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk-worm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2541845Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 602 pages
...— " Like buoys, that never sink into the flood, On Learning's surface we but lie and nod. For thee we dim the eyes and stuff the head With all such reading...doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it." When such a man undertook to arraign the people of England, and defend the memory of the beheaded king,... | |
 | George Campbell - 1849 - 472 pages
...addressed to the patroness of Sophistry as well as Dulness, are admirably adapted : " Explain upon a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it."t Of the same kind of school-metaphysics are these lines of Cowley ; " Nothing is there to come,... | |
 | 1850 - 390 pages
...this system of training is acknowledged by the author, who thus describes his labours : — " For this we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read ; For this explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it." In both these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...For these we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : 250 For thoe explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk-worm email its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. What... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pages
...The meeting points the sacred hair dissever From her fair head for ever and for ever. POPE. Prove and explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it. POPE. § 535. An accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones, and coming under the conditions... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pages
...flock.45 See ! still thy own, the heavy canon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read ; 250 For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it: So... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1855 - 542 pages
...meeting points the sacred hair dissever From her fair head for ever and for ever. — POPE. Prove and explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, Goddess, and about it. — POPE. Treble Rhymes. — An accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones, and coming under... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...flea. See ! still thy own, the heavy cannon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. For tbee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such...as was never read: ^ For thee explain a thing till ail men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silk -worm small its slender... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...flock. See ! still thy own, the heavy cannon roll, And metaphysic smokes involve the pole. /For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head (With all such reading as was never read : 210 / For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, " * And write about it, goddess, and about... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...flock ! See ! still thy own, the heavy cannon roll, And metaphysic-smokes involve the pole. For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such...doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er. ' What... | |
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