 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 456 pages
...to pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. . But what of that ? his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things ! Ye bubbles rais'd by breath of kings ! Who float upon the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 352 pages
...to pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. But what of that ? his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things! Ye bubbles rais'd by breath of kings! Who float upon the tide... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...the progress of his hearse. But what of that ? his friends may say, He bad those honours in his duy. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep...rais'd by breath of kings ! Who float upon the tide of state ; Come hither, and behold your fate. Let pride be taught by this rebuke, Ho« very mean a thing... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 524 pages
...He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things ! Ye bubbles rais'd by breath of kings \ Who float upon the tide of state ; Come hither, and behold your fate ! Let Pride be taught by this rebuke, How very mean a thing's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 pages
...progress of his hearse. But what of that ? his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. Trtie to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things ! Ye bubbles rais'd by breath of kings ! Who float upon the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 276 pages
...heart to pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. But what of that ? his friends may say He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. . Come hither, all ye empty things, Ye bubbles raised by breath of kings, Who float upon the... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 516 pages
...pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. ' But what of that ?' his friends may say, ' He had those honours in his day ;' True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died." Such is the proof of Swift's obedience to the great precept of Christianity, and his exemption... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 534 pages
...pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. ' But what of that?' his friends may say, ' He had those honours in his day ;' True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died." Such is the proof of Swift's obedience to the great precept of Christianity, and his exemption... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - Great Britain - 1850 - 528 pages
...progress of his hearse. ' But what of that ?' his friends may say, ' He had those honours in his Jay ;' True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died." Such is the proof of Swift's obedience to the great precept of Christianity, and his exemption... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...pierce, Attend the progress of his hearse. But what of that I his friends may say, He had those honors in his day ; True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things ! Ye bubbles raised by breath of kings ! Who float upon (he... | |
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But what of that, his friends may say, He had those honours in his day. True to his profit and his pride, He made them weep before he dy'd. 
