 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 Seiten
...soft humanity in age belov'd ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone), The last true Briton lies beneath this stone." The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of commonplaces, though somewhat diversified by mingled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 512 Seiten
...thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the say courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adicu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit, or thy...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone." The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of commonplaces, though somewhat diversified by mingled... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 Seiten
...humanity, in age beloved ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MR ELIJAH FENTON,1 AT EASTHAMSTEAD, IN BERKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...humanity, in age beloved ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MB ELIJAH FENTON,1 AT EASTHAMSTEAD, IN BEBKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 Seiten
...humanity, in age belov'd ! For thee the hardy vet' ran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone." On a military officer, in a churchyard near Oxford : " Billeted by Death, I quartered here lay slain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit or thy social love I Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, Still leave some...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED, RERKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 Seiten
...humanity, in age beloved ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. WITHERS, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. IT. ON JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gain'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 Seiten
...thy social love ' Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, Still leave some ancient virtues to our ago: Nor let us say (those English glories gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON At Eosthamsleud, in Berks, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 Seiten
...humanity, in age belov'd ! For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu ! yet not with thee remove...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED, BERKS, 1739. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1865 - 506 Seiten
...thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. WITHERS, adien ! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit, or thy...gone) The last true Briton lies beneath this stone. 17. ON JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ., IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. STATESMAN, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere,... | |
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For thee the hardy veteran drops a tear, And the gay courtier feels the sigh sincere. Withers, adieu! yet not with thee remove Thy martial spirit or thy social love! Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, Still leave some ancient virtues to our age ; Nor... 
