 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pàgines
...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. NOTES. Ver. 7. Living, great Nature] Much better translated by Mr. W. Harrison, of... | |
 | James Thorne - 1847 - 480 pàgines
...some curious speculations. Here lived Sir Godfrey Kneller ; of whom Pope endorsed on his tomb, that " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die '. " And his contemporaries seem almost to have credited it. Jervas too, a worse painter,... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 pàgines
...showing that Nature must have been in a very critical position altogether with regard to him, for— " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself to die." One would think the poet had determined to beat the painter even in his own rich vein... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pàgines
...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 w. IX. ON MR. ELIJAH FENTON, AT EASTHAM8TED IN BERKS, 1730. THIS modest stone, what... | |
 | 1851 - 364 pàgines
...— Rests, crowned with prince's honours, poet's 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." Sir JOHN BURLAND, Knt., LL.D. — One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer;... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pàgines
...showing that Nature must have been in a very critical position altogether with regard to him, for — " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself to die." One would think the poet had determined to beat the painter even in his own rich vein... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pàgines
...showing that Nature must have been in a very critical position altogether with regard to him, for — " Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself to die." One would think the poet had determined to beat the painter even in his own rich -rein... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pàgines
...but is here more elegant and better connected. On Sir GODFREY KNELLER, in Westminster Abbey, 1723. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pàgines
...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 GENEBAL HENBY WITHEBS, IK WESTMINSTEB ABBEY, 1729. HEBE, Withers, rest ! thou... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pàgines
...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... | |
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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. 
