 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...  The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... - Page 327by William Enfield - 1785 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...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... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...the ftorm with angry brow, But in the funfhine ftrikcs the blow. fipitapb. ,, How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...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 heart. One... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth and fame. 70 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...the storm with angry brow But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Enitaph. How lov'd, how valu'd onee 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. Fame. -AT. I.- / / Seleet... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...rests, without a stone, a name, !What once had beauty, titles, 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,... | |
 | Timothy Alden - Epitaphs - 1814 - 306 pages
...Cornwall, On the 14 of Sept, 1805 ; by strangers honodr'd and by 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... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - Art and science - 1814 - 234 pages
...hermitage. How luvtd, how valiSM once avails thée not,_ To whom related, or hy whom hegot : Л heap of dust alone remains of thee ; :Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. iSome of those fect may he denominated principal ones, as pieces of poetry nvay he uhotly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...in the ftorm with angry brow, But in the funfhine ftrikes the blow. Epitaph. How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of duil alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud fhall be. Fame. All fame is foreign,... | |
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