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" The following epitaph he wrote, and purpos'd for a ' monument which he defigned to erect over her grave. Enough, cold ftone ! fuffice her long-lov'd name ; Words are too weak to pay her virtues claim. Temples, and tombs, and tongues, fhall wafte away,... "
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by Aaron Hill - 1760
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time ..., Volume 5

Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 418 pages
...wives, to whom he had been married above twenty years. The following epitaph he wrote, and parpos'd for a monument which he defigned to erect over her...tongues, fhall wafte [away, And power's vain pomp, in mould'ringduft decay. But e'er mankind a wife more perfect fee, Eternity, O Time ! fhall bury thee....
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 5

Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...wrote, and porpos'd for a monument which he defigned to ereft over her grave. Enough, cold flone ! fuffice her long-lov'd name ; Words are too weak to...tongues, fhall wafte [away, And power's vain pomp, in monld'ring duft decay. But e'er mankind a wife more perfect fee, Eternity, O Time ! mall bury thee....
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Life of the author [signed I.K.] Elfrid. Walking statue. Rinaldo. Fatal ...

Aaron Hill - 1760 - 466 pages
...and purpos'd for a monument which he defigned to erect over her grave. Enough, cold ftone ! fuflice her long-lov'd name ; Words are too weak to pay her...more perfect fee, Eternity, O Time! fhall bury thee. He was a man fufceptible of love, in its fublimeft fenfe ; as may be feen by his letters, and in a...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1784 - 552 pages
...children, and alfo a handtbme fortune. He wrote the following epitaph for a monument he defigned to ere£t over her grave : " Enough, cold ftone ! fuffice her...power's vain pomp in mould'ring duft decay. " But ere mankind a wife more perfect fee, " Eternity, O Time ! fhall bury thee." Jt would be tedious to...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Correspondence and prose works

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1886 - 594 pages
...1731, and he wrote the following epitaph for her tomb :— Enough, cold stone ! Suffice her long-loved name ! Words are too weak to pay her virtues claim. Temples and tombs and tongues shall waste away, And power's vain pomp In mouldering dust decay ; But ere mankind a wife more perfect...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Correspondence and prose works

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1886 - 596 pages
...he wrote the following epitaph for her tomb : — Enough, cold stone ! Suffice her long-loved name I Words are too weak to pay her virtues claim. Temples and tombs and tongues shall waste away, And power's vain pomp in mouldering dust decay ; Bat ere mankind a wife more perfect...
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