 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 poetical works of Alexander Pope, ed. with notes and intr. memoir by A.W ... - Page 92by Alexander Pope - 1869Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...made. So, peaceful 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...now melts in mournful lays, Shall shortly want the generous tear he pays ; Then from his closing eyes thy form shall pan, And the last pang shall tear... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...Frowns in the siorm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Epitaph. How lov'd how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and^all the proud shall be. ' . Fame. AH fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...the storm with angry brow', But in the sunshine', strikes the blow*. Epitaph. How lov'd', how valu'd once', avails thee not* ; To whom related', or by...thee*; 'Tis all thou art', and all the proud shall be*. Fame. All fame is foreign', but of true desert* ; Plays round the head', but comes not to the heart*.... | |
 | Guillermo Casey - 1827 - 306 pages
...sky does shew, And ev'ry herb that sips the dew. 6 tu How lov'd, how valü'd once, avails thee not, J To whom related, or by whom begot, A heap of dust...thee; 'Tis all thou art , and all the proud shall be. í.th The seas shall wáste, the skies in smoke decay; Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away:... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...• i What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee net, To whom related, or by whom begot ; • • . A heap...of thee, Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall b«! - . . i> Then from his closing eyes thy form shall part, And the last pang shall tear thee from... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Women - 1828 - 298 pages
...his monumental stone may, with propriety, be written the following epitaph: "Howlov'd, how valu'd, once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be." No doubt many will be ready to conclude, that 1 degrade, instead of exalting and vindicating, the excellency... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...down ; Beggars with awful ashes sport, And tread the Cresar's in the dirt. — How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not; To whom related, or by whom...: Tis all Thou art !— and all the proud shall be ! No. 252.] THE APOSTLES. [SUNDAY. THE Apostles were persons chosen by our Saviour, upon his first... | |
 | John Cole - England - 1828 - 202 pages
...wife of Robert Shepherd, who died 12th July, 1800, aged 62 years. How lov'd, how valu'd once avail'd thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap...dust, alone remains of thee, Tis all thou art, and all that we must be. Also Robt., son of the above, who died August 5th, 1803, aged 29 years. This stone... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 718 pages
...hermitage. 5. The tilth species of English Iambic, consists of five Iambuses. HCwlov'd, h8w valtt'donce, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot...thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. B6 wise to-day, 'tis madness to deTer ; Next day the fatal preoedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Epitaph. How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall he. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.... | |
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