 How lov'd, how honour'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 be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the...  The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... - Page 327by William Enfield - 1785 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...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! Poets themfelves mud fall, like thofe they fong, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tunefol... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame, How lov'd, how honoured 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 be ! Poets themselves must fall,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'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 be ! Poets themselves must... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...5. The fifth species of English Iambic, consists of fee Iambuses. How lovM, how Talu'd once, Svails 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 be. Be' wise to-day, 'tts madness... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'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 be ! Poets themselves must fall,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...without a stone, a name, What once had beanty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour"*.! 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 prond shall be ! Poets themselves must... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1809 - 384 pages
...circumstances reminds me- cf those beautiful and. tender lines, t How lov'd, how valu'd once, avail* thee not : To whom related, or by whom begot. A heap of dust alone remains of thee : _ • Tis all TI\OU art! — and all the PROUD shall be !f Pope*i * Isa.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...Iambuses. How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot : v A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...How lov'd, how honor'd once, avails thee not, j To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of dust s hand a vase of jnslicc did uphold ; Ins neck was loaded wi shall be .' Poets thcirnclvcs must fa! I, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd car and mule the tuneful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...without a stone, a name, What, once had beauty, titles, wealth, and i-,nc. How lov'd, how honour'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 be ! IT* PROLOGUE TO MR. ADDISOX'S... | |
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