 Berkshire, •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 praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 141by Alexander Pope - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...but more of humankind. Oh, born to arms! O worth in youth approved! O soft humanity, in age beloved! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay...temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died. ON MR. GAY. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. OF manners gentle, of affections mild... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 308 pages
...Poet, bless'd beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great Foe to load praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science...temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that be died. The first couplet of this epitaph is borrowed from Crashaw. The four next... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 402 pages
...honest Man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the Proud and Great. Foe to loud praise, and Friend to learned Ease, Content...nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temp 'rate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he died. His integrity,... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1822 - 382 pages
...honest man;" A poet, bless'd beyond a poet's fate, "\Vhom Heav'n kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content...nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From nature's temp'rate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heav'n that Ite had liv'd, and that he died. POPE,1730. ON... | |
 | Classical philology - 1822 - 428 pages
...avra wpoo'sp%ofi£vov' ap-tpoTipots ari'vaxro; eon xai 6/xo/Voc. Compare Pope's Epitaph on Fenton : Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. currat." Is this a genuine anecdote, or a copy of similar stories in ancient writers ? Ib. p. 234.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 pages
...honest man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content...temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he liv'd, and that he died. * The thought was probably borrowed from Carevv's " Obsequies to the Lady... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...honest man : A poet blessed beyond the poet's fate, Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and great ; Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content...temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died. Pope. FOR POPE HIMSELF. HEROES and kings, your distance keep, In peace let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...honest Man: A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud Praise, and Friend to learned Ease, ;...nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temp'rate feast rose satisfy'd3, Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he died. ю XI. ON MR GAY,... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 pages
...— Pope. A poet, blest 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 the vale of peace. — Ibid. Strong were thy thoughts, yet reason bore the sway : Humble, yet learn'd ; though innocent,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...the Poets.' A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content...temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died. XI. ON MR GAY, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1732. OP manners gentle, of affections... | |
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