 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask"d for BREAD, and he received a STONE. EELIGION. MILD, sweet, serene, and cheerful was... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive No gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblems shown ; He asked for bread and he received a stone. S. WESTLEV. MYSELF was once a student,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 346 páginas
...these lines : " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust,...monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He asked for bread, and he received a stone." 1739. Alderman Micajah Perry, Mayor. He laid... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! was still alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. composing songs seemed to be his chief talent,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 896 páginas
...alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; Sec him, when starved to death, and turned lo dud. Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd for bread, and be received a stone." It was soon after this proposed to erect a monument... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1870 - 622 páginas
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 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, — He ask'd for bread, and he recoiv'da stone. emoluments which it was expected would be showered... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : Sec him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, — He ask'd for bread, and lie receiv'da stone. Culler, the celebrated author of "Hudibras,"... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 524 páginas
...wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give: See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone. The times of William, Queen Anne, and George L,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1870 - 536 páginas
...was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone. The times of William, Queen Anne, and George L,... | |
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While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. 
