 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 oldal
...written, was that urn. Samuel Wesley wrote the following lines on this part of the epitaph : — ' While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron...bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.' Another monument was erecte.d to his memory — (another... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 oldal
...written, was that urn. Samuel Wesley wrote the following lines on this part of the epitaph : — ' While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. HIS MONUMENTS. 217 The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd for bread, and he received a... | |
 | Thomas M'Nicoll - 1862 - 338 oldal
...epigram is better known, but the satire it so bitterly conveys has not quite lost its force : — " While Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous...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... | |
 | John Hoskyns Abrahall - 1863 - 140 oldal
...lapidibus. On the Erection of a Bust of the Author of 'Hudibras ' in Westminster Abbey. Samuel Weslty. WHILE Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...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... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 oldal
...— Soon after the erection of this monument, Mr Samuel Wesley wron ihe following epigram: — While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starv'd to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The Poet's fate is here in emblem... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - 396 oldal
...man maybe both." "So I see, sir," said Cannon, turning away. MDLXXIL — ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT. WHILE Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. MDLXXIIL— A WORD IN SEASON. MRS. POWELL the actress was... | |
 | John Kirk - 1864 - 448 oldal
...of his lines on the erection of a monument to the author of Hudibras. in Westminster Abbey ? " While Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous...monumental bust ! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shewn, — He asked for BREAD, and he received a STONE." U We could linger long on the beautiful features... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 518 oldal
...On the latter part of this epitaph the ingenious Mr Samuel Wesley wrote the following lines : While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; Bee him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presetted with a monumental bust. The poet's... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 oldal
...Butler, needy wretch, was still alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Bee him when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust Presented with a monumental bust. The poetfs fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. Butler was a most... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 oldal
...poet for the king. Dr. S. Johnson. On the setting up Butler's Monument in Westminster Abbey. Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; (5•) See him when starved to death and turn' d to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's... | |
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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 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. 
