 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 277 páginas
...Took up himself the courtier's trade ; And grown a minister of state, Saw poets at his levfo wait. See him when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust,...monumental bust ; The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone. * * * * When bards extol their patrons high, Perhaps... | |
 | Curious epitaphs - 1883
...!) was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starv'd to death and turr'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. It is worth remarking that the poet was starving,... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 689 páginas
...Butigr, 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. 1 OR THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE WHIG AS3O OIATES... | |
 | Albert Plympton Southwick - 1884 - 212 páginas
...\vas 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 probability of the non-advancement of Butler's... | |
 | James Parton - 1884
...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 ia here in emblem shown — He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. OH THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885
...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. kinds of scrapes, and released in the most... | |
 | W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885
...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." Besides his immortal " Hudibras," Butler was the... | |
 | Richmond Athenaeum - 1886 - 235 páginas
...was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give — See him. when starv'd 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 receiv 'da stone! Very similar to the style of Wesley is that of... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 388 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." 11. The Hudibras is a burlesque poem, —... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 466 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." 11. The Hudibras is a burlesque poem,—a long... | |
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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. 
