 | Thomas M'Nicoll - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...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 ask'd for bread, and he received a stone." For this complete edition of the poems of... | |
 | John Hoskyns Abrahall - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 140
...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. Homer at Oxford. i Cmcper. COULD Homer come himself,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 846
...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 shown, He ask'd... | |
 | John Kirk - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a 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... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. See him, when starved 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. MDLXXIIL— A WORD IN SEASON. MRS. POWELL the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...following :— While 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... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...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 fate is here in emblem shown — He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. 5. Wr,Uy. Complaint of the Ghost of Butler,... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...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 fate is here in emblem shown — He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. S. Wesley. Complaint of the Ghost of Butler,... | |
 | Walter F. Tiffin - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 248
...grandeur when dead, occasioned the following epigram : — " While Butler, needy wretch ! was still alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give. See...monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, — and he receiv'da stone !" Mr. Middleton has also pointed out that the... | |
 | 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 390
...Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved 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. * See Delineation of Butler's Monument in Dart'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 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. 
