 | Thomas Green - 1818 - 654 Seiten
...sad reverse, the admired lines of Pope recur forcibly to our recollection: " How lov'd, how valued once, avails thee not; TO whom related, or by whom begot:— A heap of dust alone remains of thee; all tbou art, and all the proud shall be," I)uliii/i. Nor. 10. It is with the deepest sorrow that we... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1818 - 320 Seiten
...how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom'begot: I Versification.) prosodv. 223 A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be wise to-day, 'tss madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - 1818 - 430 Seiten
...the proper mode of its operation, are well described by the poet in the following lines: " All praise is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not near the heart; One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas:... | |
 | Amy Louise Reed - 1924 - 288 Seiten
...rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...thee; Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. The closing lines anticipate the death of the poet himself, when the muse shall be forgotten " and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...her remains have ‘made sacred' the common earth in which she was buried. How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...thee; ‘Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung; 75 Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.... | |
 | William Empson - 1966 - 276 Seiten
...failure of the antithesis shows he is merely thinking of them as a huge pile. How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust is all remains of thee; Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. (POPE, Unfortunate Lady.) The... | |
 | Williams Latham - 1882 - 304 Seiten
...wife of Capt. Jonathan Howard, who died May 27, 1802, her age 65. How loved, how valued once avail me not; To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of me, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. MONUMENTAL, 63. East side—Hannah Reed, died Feb.... | |
 | Maynard Mack - 1982 - 584 Seiten
...name What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame How lovd how honourd once avails thee not To whome related or by whom begot a heap of dust alone remains...thee Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be. With one small change—"So peaceful" for "How often"—this passage now comprises line 69-74 of the... | |
 | Franklin R. Rogers, Mary Ann Rogers - 1985 - 264 Seiten
...similar to what already has been demonstrated with tears in Marvell's elegy: How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust is all remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. A doubled dimension appears... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1922 - 290 Seiten
...bitterness of hatred, are hushed forever in the cold embrace of death. "How lov'd, how valued once, avail thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap...thee; Tis all THOU art, and all the PROUD shall be." The loftiest elevation or the lowliest obscurity cannot shelter us from the unerring shaft of the insatiate... | |
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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. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; . Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving... 
