Whence thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consumed the midnight oil?


Introduction, "The Shepherd and the Philosopher"; "Midnight oil" was a common phrase, used by Quarles, Shenstone, Cowper, Lloyd, and others. - Fables (1727)


Whence thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

Whence thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

Whence thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

Whence thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?