 | Collection - 1806 - 286 pages
...him since, alas, too. late, »•' They have repented. And have sought, to give new birth. In bathes to steep him ; But being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to. keep him. * Most likely SAL PAVY, who had a part-in Cynthia's Jtevels, and the Poetaster. ON LADY VENUSIA DIGBY.... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1806 - 284 pages
...viewing him since, alas, too late, They have repented. And have sought, to give new birth. In bathes to steep him ; But being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. ON LADY VENUSIA DIGBY. By Randolph. BEAUTY itself lies here, in whom alone Each part enjoy'd the same... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...single exposure. So, by error to his fate7 They all consented ; But viewing him since, alas, too late 1 They have repented ; And have sought, to give new...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. CXXI. To BENJAMIN RUDYERD.* RUDYERD, as lesser dames to great ones use, My lighter comes to kiss thy... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 370 pages
...he been The stage's jewel : And did act (what now we moan) Old men so duly, As, sooth, the Pnrcffi thought him one, He play'd so truly : So, by error,...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. D£. CROTCH. A relish for simple melody has with most individuals been the first step in the attainment... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1829 - 442 pages
...words form the secondary till* to both plecei. And have sought (to give new birth) In bathes to steepe him ; • But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keepe him. PENTONVILLE, AND ST. JAMES'S CHAPBL. PENTONVILLE derived Its name from the late Henry Penton,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 328 pages
...moan) Old men so duly, As, sooth, the Parcse thought him one, He played so truly. Till, by error of his fate, They all consented ; But viewing him since...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. This child, we see, was celebrated for acting old men. It is well known, that up to the Restoration,... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...had he been The stage's jewel ; And did act, what now we moan, Old men so duly As, sooth, the Parcro thought him one, He play'd so truly. So, by error,...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. SP was probably Sulvadore Pavy, who had a part in " Cynthia's Bevels," and the " Poetaster," and who... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1870 - 652 pages
...consented ; But viewing him since (alas, too late !) They have repented ; And have sought (to give now birth) In baths to steep him ; But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. SP was probably Salvadore Puvy, who had a part in " Cynthia's Revels," and the " Poetaster," and who... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - Epigrams - 1875 - 768 pages
...had he been The stage's jewel ; And did act, what now we moan, Old men so duly As, sooth, the Parcro thought him one, He play'd so truly. So, by error,...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. SP was probably Siilvadore Pavy, who hnd a part in " Cynthia's Bevels," and the " Poetaster," and who... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 510 pages
...delidcequc breves ; Invida quem Lachesis raptum trieteride nona, Dum numerat palmas, credidit esse senem. But viewing him since, alas, too late ! They have...much too good for earth, Heaven vows to keep him. cxxi. To BENJAMIN RUDYERD.2 jUDYERD, as lesser dames to great ones use, My lighter comes to kiss thy... | |
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Parcae thought him one, He played so truly. So by error to his fate They all consented; But viewing him since (alas, too late) They have repented. And have sought (to give new birth) In baths to steep him; But, being so much too good for earth, Heaven... 
