 Kneller, by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose art was nature, and whose pictures thought ; Now for two ages, having snatch'd from fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his merit,...  The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire - Trang 166bởi British empire - 1847Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 trang
...great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, 5 Due to his Merit, and brave Thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie* Her works; and dying, fears herself may die. IX. ON GENERAL HENRY WITHERS, In Westminster- Abbey, 1729*. HERE, WITHERS, rest! thou bravest,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 trang
...great, Lies crown 'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and, dying, fears herself may die. The last two lines are simply copied (stolen would, perhaps, be the more correct expression)... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 trang
...great, Lies crown 'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and, dying, fears herself may die. The last two lines are simply copied (stolen would, perhaps, be the more correct expression)... | |
 | 1870 - 644 trang
...great, Rests crown'd with princes' honours, poets' bays. Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die."] KING RICHARD III.'s PROGRESS FROM LONDOIT TO YORK. — Is any record known to exist of this... | |
 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - 1872 - 458 trang
...Great Rests crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his Merit, and brave thirst of Praise, Living, Great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may dye. A. POPE." " Sir Godfrey sent to me," says Pope, "just before he died. He began by telling... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 trang
...great, Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and, dying, fears herself may die. IX. ON GENERAL HENRY WITHERS, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1729. HERE, Withers, rest ! thou bravest,... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1874 - 528 trang
...lines." The conclusion of his epitaph on Sir Godfrey Kneller affords another notable example : — " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die. " i Were the head of the " Satyr of the Wood " (No. 3) close shaved, and dignified with a... | |
 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 trang
...great, Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works, and, dying, fears herself may die. Alexander Pope. [The last two lines of this epitaph are copied directly from Cardinal Bembo's... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 556 trang
...— Rests, crowned with princes' honours, poets' lays), Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise : Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die." Left Wall (of Choirl— Thomas Thynne, of Longleat (1681-2), murdered at the foot of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 trang
...great, Lies crown'd with Princes' honours, Poets' lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die.' Of this epitaph the first couplet is good, the second not bad, the third is deformed with... | |
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