 | 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... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 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 ; (59) See him when starved to death and turn' d to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's... | |
 | 1891 - 846 oldal
...with you— and — after all, I should like to hear Ronconi — and — AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS. WHILB 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 asked... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1891 - 1138 oldal
...found no follower." Very few can read that epitaph without recalling the more famous epigram upon it: "The poet's fate is here in emblem shown; He asked for bread, and he received a stone." Below Strensham we pass a lock — the last before reachingTewkesbury — and two mills, the first... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1891 - 406 oldal
...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, — lie asked for bread, and he received a stone." 11. The Hudibras is a burlesque poem, — a long... | |
 | William John Loftie - 1891 - 350 oldal
...of ' Hudibras,' also died ' in great poverty,' as is recorded in the well-known epigram : — ' When Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 264 oldal
...on the memorial the following lines : — " Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved...here in emblem shown, — He asked for bread, and he receiv'da stone." An epitaph similar in sentiment to the foregoing was placed by Horace Walpole over... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1899 - 386 oldal
...shallower they grow. 13. ON BUTLER'S STATUE Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, no gen'rous patron would a dinner give : see him, when starved...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown — he ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone. SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680), the author of ' Hudibras,' died... | |
 | William Andrews - 1899 - 284 oldal
...BUTLER (needy wretch !) 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 received a stone. It is worth remarking that the poet was starving, while his... | |
 | William John Hardy, F. E. Robinson, William Paley Baildon - 1908 - 432 oldal
...Samuel Wesley wrote some telling lines regarding it, which terminate with the trenchant words : — " The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He asked for bread, and he receiv'da stone ! " So much for Samuel Butler, now for Sir Samuel Luke. This worthy was interred, with... | |
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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. 
