 This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the...  The lives of the English poets - Sayfa 212Samuel Johnson tarafından - 1810Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 sayfa
...wrote upon him the following beautiful but not very veracious epitaph : — ' This modest stone, which few vain marbles can. May truly say, here lies an honest man ; A poet blessed beyond the poet's fate. Whom heaven kept sacred from tha proud and great ; Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 sayfa
...wrote upon him the following beautiful but not very veracious epitaph : — * This modest stone, which s6z W ; Л poet blessed beyond the poet's fate, Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and great ; Foe to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 sayfa
...last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELU AH FENTON, At EasOiamstead, in Berks, 1730. Tins er Pope bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great . Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | John Farmer - 1831 - 308 sayfa
...stone over his grave, with the following inscription : HON. JOHN DUDLEY died May 21, 1805, JEt. 80. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, " Here lies an honest man." Calmly he look'd on either world, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there, to fear. NoTE. It cannot... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1833 - 466 sayfa
...much jeloved by Mr. Pope, who, after his death, (1730) honoured him with the following epitaph : •' This modest stone, what few vain marbles can. •' May truly say, Here lies an honest man : •' Л poet bleaa'd beyond a poet's fate, •' Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 472 sayfa
...without the four that follow them. 10. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON. At Kasthmiustca.il in Berkshire, 1730. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blsst beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 sayfa
...last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAHBTF.D IN BERKS, 1730. TiIIs modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 sayfa
...truly say, * Here lies an honest man :* A poet, hless'd heyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept saered from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise, and...learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace, Calmiy he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From nature's temperate... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 sayfa
...there are few who come here But have something to ask, or something to fear. Epitaph on Mr. Fenton. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, — Here lies an honest man ! A poet blessed beyond a poet's fate, Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and great ! Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 sayfa
...The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, At EatOiamgtead, in Berks, 1730. e he ? What though my name stood rubric on the wail«, )r plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitul bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great Foe to loud praise,... | |
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