 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1831 - 384 pages
...wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by thy relics made. So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How...not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must... | |
 | Jacob Green - Europe - 1831 - 298 pages
...great talents and patriotick valour, the thought in the words of Pope was forced upon my mind — " How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of dust alone remains of thee: Tie all thiiii art, and all the proud shall be." The finest monument, in... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...bury their dead out of their sight, and to inscribe over the sepulchre — . " How loved, how valued once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of dust alone remains of thec. Tis aft i) ii ii i art, and all the proud shall be." It is his entering... | |
 | R. Green - Framlingham (England) - 1834 - 306 pages
...Blomfield, Samuel, born at Colchester 26th July, 1752, and died 29th March, 1767. How lov'd, how valu'd once avails thee not, To whom related or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be. Burrows, Ann, 24th May, 1829,... | |
 | Richard Laurence - Eschatology - 1834 - 158 pages
...that Pope was a materialist from the following epitaph written by him : — " How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, all that the proud shall be." But that the poet was... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...your dead out of your sight, and shut too the door, and inscribe over it — " How loved, how valued once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot: A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be." Thirdly, We may notice... | |
 | Lady, A Lady - Bereavement - 1836 - 338 pages
...it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.— ECcL. xii. 7. " How loved, how valued once, avails thee not, — To whom related, or by whom begot, A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'T is all thav. art, and all the proud shall be," Pope's Mi&ceU. WE are... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Confirmation - 1836 - 604 pages
...on this occasion, the cheerless words of the poet recurred to my mind — " c How lov'd, how valued once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; . A heap of dust alone remains of thee, "Pis all Hum art, and all the proud shall be.' "The hearse approached,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...conclusion of this elegy is irresistibly affecting. So peaceful rests, without a stone, a name Which once had beauty, titles, wealth and fame ; How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails tltce not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A henp of dust alone remains oftheo ; 'Tis all thou... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So, peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame, How...not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall,... | |
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How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be! 
