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