 | John Ward - Newcastle-under-Lyme (England) - 1843 - 758 pages
...testimony it bears to the character of the then lately deceased. The Epitaph is as follows : — " 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...retained without the four that follow them. X. On MR. ELIJAH FMTTOIT. At Easthamiteadin BerkMre, 1730. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lie* an honest man ; Apoet. blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the prond and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pages
...The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED IN BERKS, 1730. 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 Heav'n kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud... | |
 | Dean Dudley - 1848 - 174 pages
...about 5 years Dec? March ye 2? 1717—18. [At Raymond, NH] Hon. John Dudley died May 21, 1805, Aet. 80. This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May...Here lies an honest man." Calmly he looked on either world, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear.* Here lyes y" body of Sarah Dudley was born... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...works ; and, dying, fears herself may die w. IX. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAM8TED IN BERKS, 1730. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, At Easthamstrad, in Berks, 1730. THIS 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... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1851 - 506 pages
...benevolence. This Tablet to his memory is erected by his disconsolate family and a few esteemed friends. This modest stone what few vain marbles can, May truly say, here lies an honest man, For to each fine feeling, you were ever true. And with virtues many, you had faults but few. Go then... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - Cumberland County (Pa.) - 1852 - 352 pages
...John Reynolds, Esq., who departed this life on the twentieth day of October, 1789, aged 40 years. " This modest stone (what few vain marbles can) May truly say, * Here lies an honest man.' " " Interred here is the body of Capt. Samuel Kearsley, a veteran survivor of the Revolution which... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 322 pages
...shall of our stock take care ; Europa pleas'd accepts her Bull, And Jove mith joy puts off his Bear. " This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say here lies an honest man." Epitaph on Mr. Elizah Fenton : — This plain floor, Selieve me, reader, can say more Than many a braver... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...without the four that follow them, X. , On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON, at Easthamstead in Berkshire, 1730. " This 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... | |
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THIS 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, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in... 
