| Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...filver wings o'erlhade The tpxmnd, now facrcd by thv reliqucs made. So peaceful reds, without a Itone, a name; What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honor'd once, avails thce not; To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of duft alone remains of... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...filver wing» o'er (hade The ground now facred by thy relict made. So, peaceful relis, without a (lone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour 'd once, avails thee Dot. To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dul't alone remains of... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1796 - 264 pages
...without a ftone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. 79 How lov'd, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap oi duft alone remains of thee ; TTis all thou art, and all the ptoud (hall be 1 VOL. J. i L P«U Poets... | |
| 1869
...should hear the poet's address to one who was once what they now are : — " How loved, how valued once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot, A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis aU thon art, and all the proud shall be." May we not all profit by... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting. So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, Which once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame; How lov'd,...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... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...silver wings o'ershad« Tie ground now sacred by thy relics made. So peaceful rests , without a stone , a name, What once had beauty, titles , wealth and fame. How lov'd , how honourM once , avails thee not ,. To whom related , or by whom begot ; A ieap of dust alone remains... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...wings o^ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So , peaceful rests, without a stone ; a name , "What once had beauty , titles, wealth, and...avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot} . Indifférent au bien, au mal de son semblable! Et tu n'as obtenu, toi, l'objet de nos pleurs, Ni... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...The ground, now sacred by thy relics made. So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once bad beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'd...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... | |
| Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...now facred hy thy reliques made. So peacefol refts, without a fton?, a name, What once had heauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or hy whom hegot: A heap of dud alone remains of thee; * Tis all thou art, and all the proud (hall he!... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...hermitage. 5. The fifth species of English Iambic, consists- of fate Iambuses. How lov'd, how valu-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 beBe wise to-day, -tis madness... | |
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