 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 σελίδες
...or bleed What's fame ! a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart ; One self approving- hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas : And more true joy,... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - 1814 - 234 σελίδες
...peaceful hermitage. How luvtd, how valiSM once avails thée not,_ To whom related, or hy whom hegot : Л heap of dust alone remains of thee ; : Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. iSome of those fect may he denominated principal ones, as pieces of poetry nvay he uhotly oi chiefly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 382 σελίδες
...hermitage. 5. The fifth species of English Iambic, consists of J^ve Iambuses. 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 be, Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 σελίδες
...dread: Frowns in the storm with angry brow But in the sunshine strikes the blow. How lov'd, how valu'd once avails thee not, To whom related or by whom begot:...thee ; 'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be. Epitaph. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Flays round the head, but comes not to the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 σελίδες
...; Frowns in the ftorm with angry brow, But in the funfhine ftrikes the blow. How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dull alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud fhall be Epitaph. Fame. All fame... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1816 - 242 σελίδες
...the hair-dresser. Nor is he of the same sentiment with Pope*, How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails Ihee not; To whom related, or by whom begot. A heap of dust alone remains of th.ee; "Tis all than art! and all the proud shall be I And again, in his " Essay on Man," Epistle IV. 1.193. Honour... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 σελίδες
...begot: A beap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Til all thou art, and all the proud doll k .H2 Epitaph. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes uot to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid stum-s and of loud huzzas... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 216 σελίδες
...surely this is Wisdom's part, This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance smells to Heav'u. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round...hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and' of loud huzzas ,And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Far... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 σελίδες
...great indeed. What's fame ? a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head but comes not to the heart; One self approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas : And more true joy,... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 σελίδες
...the grave, When ,wbat t' oblivion better were consign'd, In hung on high to poison half mankind. AH fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the...hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy, Marcellus exiled feels, Than Caviar, with a senate at his heels. In... | |
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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. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; . Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving... 
