 | John Hackett - 1757 - 306 страници
...uncorrupted, e'en among the Great : A fafe Companion, and an eafy Friend, • Unblam'd thro' Life, lamented in thy End. Thefe are thy Honours ! not that here...Is mix'd with Heroes, or with Kings thy Duft ; But of EPITAPH S. 193 But that the Worthy and the Good fhall fay, Striking their penfive Bofoms— Here... | |
 | Carl Wilhelm Mueller (of Leipzig) - 1759 - 672 страници
...uncorrupted even amongft the great, A fafe companion, aud an eafy friend, Unblamed thro' life, lamented in thy end : Thefe are thy honours ! not that here...fay, Striking their penfive bofoms - here lies GAY, bi £>u, ber btt angenebme (Bitten, unb ф«1 Sîeigungen , befafícfí , einen mánnlicben l^aitefï,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 436 страници
...uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great : A fafe Companion, and an eafy Friend, Unblam'd thro' Life, lamented in thy End. Thefe are Thy Honours ! not that here...Buft Is mix'd with Heroes, or with Kings thy duft; 10 But that the Worthy and the Good fhall fay, Striking their penfive bofoms — Here lies GAY. NOTES.... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 страници
...uncorrupted, ev'n among the great. A fafe companion, and an eafy friend ; Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in thy end. Thefe are thy honours; not that here thy...Kings thy duft; •. But that the Worthy and the Good mail fay, Striking their penfive bofoms—Here lies Gay. . •. A. Pope, Here lie the aflies of Mr.... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 страници
...lamented in thy end. Thefe are thy honours ; not that here thy buftIs mix'd with Heroes, or with K;ngs thy duft ; But that the Worthy and the Good fhall...fay, Striking their penfive bofoms— Here lies Gay. A. POPE. Here lie the afl1es of Mr. John Gay, the warmeft friend, the gentleft companion, the moft... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 страници
...uncorrupted, ev'n among the Great : A fafe companion, and an eafy friend, • , Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in thy end. Thefe are thy honours ! not that here...fhall fay, Striking their penfive bofoms — Here lit* GAY. On Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY, Bijhop of Rochefter, died in exile at Paris, 1732. [His only Daughter... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 страници
...eafy friend, Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in thy end. T.hefe are thy honours f~ not that here thy bud Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy duft ; But...the worthy and the good fhall fay, Striking their pcnfive bofoms — Bert lies GAY. There is fomething fo tender and moving, and fuch aftrain of paternal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 366 страници
...uncorrupted, even among the great : A fafe companion, and an eafy friend, Unblam'd thro' life, lamented in thy end. Thefe are thy honours! not that here thy...the good fhall fay, Striking their penfive bofoms — Hut liei G AY, As Gay was the favourite of our author, this epitaph was probably written with an... | |
 | David Henry - 1769 - 340 страници
...among the Great. A fafe Companion, and an eafy Friend ; Unblam'd thro' Life, lamented in thy End. TheTe are thy Honours, not that here thy Buft Is mix'd with Heroes, or with Kings thy Duft - t But that the Worthy and the Good fhall fay, Striking their Penfive Bofoms—Here lies Gay. He died... | |
 | John Gay - 1770 - 216 страници
...uncorrupted e'en among the great. A fafe companion, and an eafy friend, Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end : Thefe are thy honours ! not that here...kings thy duft ; But that the worthy and the good mall fay, Striking their penfive bofoms Here lies GAY. The opera of Achilles was brought upon the ftage... | |
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As Gay was the favourite of our author, this epitaph was probably written with an uncommon degree of attention ; yet it is not more successfully executed than the rest, for it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour. 
