 Lost was the Nation's Sense, nor could be found, While the long solemn Unison went round: Wide, and more wide, it spread o'er all the realm; Ev'n Palinurus nodded at the Helm: The Vapour mild o'er each Committee crept; Unfinish'd Treaties in each Office...  The Dunciad - Page 284by Alexander Pope - 1751Full view - About this book
 | England - 1845 - 808 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; Unfinished treaties in each office slept ; And chiefless Armies doz'd out the campaign ; And Navies yawn'd for orders on the main. " O Muse ! relate, (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none,) Relate who first,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each committee crept ; Unfinish'd treaties in each office slept ; And chiefless t seem'd, though of athletic make, Lest brutal breezes should too roughly s Muse ! relate (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none) Relate, who first,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept; Unfinish'd treaties in each Office slept ; And chiefless armies doz'd out the campaign ; And navies yawn'd for orders on the main.] These four verses are said to be taken from the State Poems ; but I am unable to point out their station... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 412 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept; Unfinish'd treaties in each Office slept ; And chiefless armies doz'd out the campaign ; And navies yawn'd for orders on the main.] These four verses are said to be taken from the State Poems; but I am unable to point out their station... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1835 - 382 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each committee crept ; Unfinish'd treaties in each office slept ; And chieHess armies doz'd out the campaign ; And navies yawn'd for orders on the main. REMARKS. O Muse ! relate (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none), Relate... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 824 pages
...vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; Unfinish'd treaties in each office slept ; < And chiefless Armies doz'd out the campaign ; And Navies yawn'd for orders on the main. " O Muse ! relate, (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none,) Relate who first,... | |
 | England - 1845 - 814 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; I'nfinish'd treaties in each office slept; And ehiefless Armies doz'd out the campaign ; And Navies yawn'd for orders on the main. " О Muse ! relate, (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none,) Relate who... | |
 | John Wilson - Criticism - 1846 - 360 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept; Unfinish'd treaties in each office slept; And chiefless Armies doz'd out the campaign; And Navies yawn'd for orders on the main. " O Muse! relate (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none), Relate who first,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; Unfinish'd treaties in each Office slept ; And chiefless armies doz'd out the campaign ; And navies yawn'd for orders on the main.] These four verses are said to be taken from the State Poems ; but I am unable to point out their station... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...The vapour mild o'er each committee crept ; Unfinish'd treaties in each office slept ; And chiefless armies doz'd out the campaign ; And navies yawn'd for orders on the main. O Muse ! relate (for you can tell alone, Wits have short memories, and dunces none), Relate who first,... | |
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