 And just abandoning th' ungrateful stage: Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh defend, Against your...  The Wits and Beaux of Society - Page 164by Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 481 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 pages
...upon Providence : But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, \Vhom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend I Let not the insulting Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Lnwrels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...upon Providence : But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend ! Let not the insulting Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Lawrels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 pages
...Rent-charge upon Providence : But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune bom, Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend ! Let not the insulting Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Lawrels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1869 - 380 pages
...on His providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Let not th' insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you." Congreve... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1869 - 366 pages
...His providence. Put you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Pie kind to my remains ; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Let not th' insulting foe my fame pursue, I,ut shade those laurels which descend to you." Congreve... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 pages
...on His providence. But you, whom every Grace and Muse adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend. Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 380 pages
...on His providence. But you, whom every Grace and Muse adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend. Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 pages
...ungrateful stage ; But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh, defend Against your judgment your departed friend. Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But guard those laurels which descend to you." The crowd,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...upon Providence : But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend ! Let not the insulting Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Laurels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 pages
...over his memory : — But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Lot not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take... | |
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