 Dulness ever in my view, Sleep at my bidding crept from pew to pew, — Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope.  Poems - Page 210by Charles Churchill - 1776Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 600 pages
...(acred Dullnefs ever in my view, Sleep at my bidding crept from pew to pew, Much did I wilh, tho' Ihtle could I hope, . A Friend in him, who was the Friend of POJVE. His hand, faid I, my youthful fteps (hall guide, And lead me fafe where tho'ufands fall befide... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1765 - 246 pages
...Whilft, facred Dullnefs ever in my view, Sleep at my bidding crept from pew to pew, Much did I wifh, tho' little could I hope, A Friend in him, who was the...Friend of POPE. His hand, faid I, my youthful fteps fhall guide, And lead me fafe where thoufands fall befide •, His Temper, his Experience fhall controul,... | |
 | John Almon - 1786 - 478 pages
...never bear, $Jor would have heeded Chrift-, had Chrift been there. Much did I wifli, tho' little cou'd I hope A friend in him, who was the friend of Pope. fre only one itiftance of the B • • T'*s tr •• ' . '- • ,„' frieudfllip for Mr Pope. The... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1805 - 328 pages
...at first glance j though the soul sits at squat, and peeps not from its hole. ' Much did I wish, but little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope." I SHALL give only one instance of the bishop's friendship for Mr. Pope. Thejudiciouspublic applied... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1805 - 324 pages
...at first glance ; though the soul sits at squat, and peeps not from its hole. ' Much did I wish, but little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope.* I SHALL give only one instance of the bishop's friendship for Mr. Pope. The judicious public applied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...Whilst, sacred dullness ever in my view, Sleci) at my bidding crept from pew to pew, .Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the frif nd of Pope, [guide, " His hand," said I, " my youthful steps shall And lead me safe where thousands... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...ever in my view, Sleep at my bidding crept from pew to pew; Much did I wish, though little could 1 hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope. ' His hand (said I) my youthful steps shall guide , And lead me safe where thousands fall beside ; His temper,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 pages
...blade AH might at full length have laid : In his bitter dedication Churchill says, Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope. Perhaps that wish may have been really entertained ; and if favourable circumstances had introduced... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 382 pages
...he was not unconscious in himself. M In his bitter dedication, Churchill says: — Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope. Perhaps that wish may have been really entertained ; and if favorable circumstances had introduced... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 380 pages
...he was not unconscious in himself. 52 In his bitter dedication, Churchill says: — Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope. Perhaps that wish may have been really entertained ; and if favorable circumstances had introduced... | |
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