 Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 376by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 142 lehte
...These are thy honours ; — not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust :. But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay ! He died December the 4th, 1732, aged forty-five.— Rysbrack , sculptor. NICHOLAS ROWE, Esq. —... | |
 | 1876 - 818 lehte
...end : These are thy honours ; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay." Other great men have had a liking for jesting or punning epitaphs. Fuller, witty to the last, had written... | |
 | C. Ludovic - 1846 - 402 lehte
...end: These are thy honours; — not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay!" Kann man Schöneres sagen? — John Duke of Argyle and Greewich. Die Grabschrift dieses Helden von... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 lehte
...Manners gentle, of Affections mild ; In Wit, a Man ; Simplicity, a Child : With native Humour temp'ring virtuous Rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash...substantives, and the epithets without a subject." — Warton. Ver. 2. In Wit, $c.] This seems derived from Dryden's Elegy on Mrs. Anne Killegrew : "... | |
 | Edward Mogg - 1848 - 304 lehte
...end. These are thy honours ; not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, and with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say. Striking their pensive bosoms — here lies Gay. ROWE. — To the right of Thomson is the monument, hy Rysbrack, to Rowe the poet, who died 1718, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 lehte
...end. These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY. XII. INTENDED FOR SIR ISAAC NEWTON, IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY. ISAACUS NEWTONUS : Quern Immortalem Testantur... | |
 | 1896 - 664 lehte
...:— These »re thy honours ! not that here thy bn«t ie miz'd with heroee, or with kings thy dust : But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosom«— "Bert lies Gay! It need hardly be added that the poem on Shakspeare is not strictly a sonnet.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 lehte
...thy end. These are thy honours not that here thy bust Is miz'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust 1 But that the Worthy and the Good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms— Here lies Gay I As Gay was the favourite of our author, this epitaph was probably written with an uncommon degree... | |
 | 1851 - 364 lehte
...; These arc thy honours ; — not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay !" He died December the 4th, 1732, aged forty-five. — Rysbrack, sculptor. Next is a monument to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 lehte
...low estate, 5 And uncorrupted, ev'n among the great: A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours...say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies GAY. [" Here lies Gay," — ie, in the hearts of the good and worthy. Mr. Pope told me his conceit in this... | |
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