 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 σελίδες
...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 can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : 1 ' Fcnton : ' Pope's joint-translator of Homer's Odyssey. See Johnson's 'Lives of the PoeU.' A poet,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 σελίδες
...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 can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : 1 ' Fenton : ' Pope's joint-translator of Homer's Odyssey. See Johnson's 'Lives of tbe Poets.' A... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 σελίδες
...hundred years. Then let not this mistake disturb thy sprite, Another age shall set thy BUTTONS right." " This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say — 'Here lies an honest man.' A Poet bless' d beyond the Poet's fate, Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | George Tugwell - 1857 - 300 σελίδες
...amiss in me Take care to shun And censure not till thine Own work be done." " This modest stone, which few vain marbles can, May truly say Here lies an honest man: His was an open nudesigning heart, Exempt from fraud, and undisguised by art. Reader, this character... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 σελίδες
...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...honest man ; A poet bless'd beyond the poet's fate, [_ great ; Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 σελίδες
...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, May...man :' A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate. Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud und great Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned e lie, Content... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 σελίδες
...Trusts in GOD, that as well as he was, he shall be. ON MR ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAMSTED, IN BEEKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, — Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 σελίδες
...them. X. On MR. ELIJAH TEUTON. At Easthampstead. in Berkshire, 1780. "This modest stone, what few Tain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 σελίδες
...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...honest man ; A poet bless'd beyond the poet's fate, [great ; Whom heaven kept sacred from the proud and Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 σελίδες
...last true Briton lies beneath this stone. X. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON.* AT EABTHAMSTED, IN BEltK8, 1730. THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May...man : A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content... | |
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This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the... 
