 How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the...  Meditations and Contemplations - Sida 70efter James Hervey - 1809 - 371 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sidor
...wealth, and i-,nc. How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! IT* PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISOX'S TRAGEDY OP CATO. To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 sidor
...least we dread ; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Epitafih. A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 sidor
...: So, peaceful, rests without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame ;— A heap of dust alone remains of thee : "Tis all thou art ; and all the proud shall be ! " The morn bestowing her earliest tears ;" (poetical phraseology for dew) " the first roses of the... | |
 | John Wesley - 1810 - 452 sidor
...the fair, the valiant, now ? The matchless warrior ? The puissant Monarch ? " An heap of dust is all remains of thee ! 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be 1 " Monday 10, I rode to Leigh in Essex, where I found a little company seeking God, and endeavoured... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 322 sidor
...H6w4°v'd, how valu'd once, avails thSe not, To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of dust alooe remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. B£ wise 16-day, 'tTs madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till wisdom... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 sidor
...,, How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of duft alone remains of thee ; Tis all thou art, and all the proud fhall be, Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true defert ; Piays round the head, but comes not to the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 sidor
...the blow. Epitaph. Howflov ! d,how valu'd once, avails thee not r To whom related, or by whom begot: A Heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. : Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head^but.comes not tothe heart. One... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 sidor
...wealth and fame ; How lov'J, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! No poem of our author's more deservedly obtained him reputation than his Essay on Criticism. Mr.... | |
 | 1814 - 310 sidor
...wealth, and fame. How loved, how honor'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the praised ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.... | |
 | Timothy Alden - 1814 - 306 sidor
...strangers mourn'd. How lov'd, how honour'd once avails thee not, To whom related or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee. 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. LANCASTER, PEN. 1024. Sacred to the memory of miss CATHARINE HALL, who departed this life, 1 Jan. 1805,... | |
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