 | Epigrams, English - 1806 - 274 pages
...their purse strings, ty'd but to their tongue. CCCCLXVIII. ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBKT. See him when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust,...monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shewn,— He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da ,\l<»ut. CCCCLXIX. EVE'S CURIOSITY. When Eve would... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...WESTLEY. Cu Mr. Sutler'} Monunisr.t in Wcstnuntter-Abbcy. Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him, when...monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shewn j He aik'd fjr bread, and he receiv'da stone. BY RABELAIS. rogue, «'io died for grief, because... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 512 pages
...Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He asked for bread, and he received a stone, Advice to One who was about to u-rile, to avoid t&gImmoralities... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...disposition and very select in his choice of company, which uuWhile BUTLER, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when...monumental bust ! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shewn lie ask'd for Bread and he receiv'da Stone. Butler, however, though neglected in a shameful manner,... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...disposition and very select in his choice of company, which unWhile BUTLEH, needy wretch ! was yet alive, Iso gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starv'd to death and turii'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shewn lie ask'd... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...MR. BUTLER'S MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. WHILE Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous Patron would a Dinner give : See him, when starv'd...monumental bust! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shown, H« uk'd for Bread, and be receiv'da Stone. A FRIENDLY CONTEST. Cam and Isi* their sad tribute bring... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...V\\\s,w\o'cvviTOftVN\.>^ el Wesley wrote the io\\ovm\a ^jygi" While Butler, needy wretch I was yet alive* DO generous patron would a dinner give : see him, when starv'd...monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shewn, he ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone* The principal poem of our poet stands unrivalled... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...wear. .• CCXLVII. On BUTLER'S Monument in Westminster Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him when...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown,— He asfc'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone, CCXLVUI. When man and -woman die, as poets sung, His heart's... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1812 - 760 pages
...Butler (needy wretch '.) was yet alive, No generous Patron would a dinner give ; Behold him, atari' >l to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's fate in emblem here is shown — He ask'd for bread — and he receiv'cl a stone. SW" Impressed with a conviction... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...much of their spirit is lott in the attempt*. " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give: See him, when starv'd to death, and tnrnM to dost, Presented with a monumental bnst. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd... | |
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While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. 
