 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 - 1886 - 914 pages
...pure and cold, I can't but fancy that this great man — in this respect, like him of whom we spoke in 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 Lawrels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 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 the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1888 - 220 pages
...fortune, and in reflecting on his own end, he breaks out into these poignant and justly celebrated lines:— 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. We shall... | |
 | William Congreve - 1888 - 540 pages
...ungrateful stage ; Bat 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 - 1889 - 554 pages
...upon Providence : But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune borr, Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend ! Let not the insultmg Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Lawrels which descend to You : And take... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 590 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 - 1889 - 592 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 I Let not th' insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you. Dryden is... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 586 pages
...His providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, 13e kind to my remains ; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend I Let not th' insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to yon. Congreve... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1890 - 332 pages
...Time, if he has no other Supplies ; and so ends my Melancholy Story. ' I am, &c.' Still his good-humour did not desert him ; he joked about their poverty...many debauches; and when recommended to make a new His Death in a Bernardine Convent. 169 translation of ' Telemachus ;' he actually devoted one whole... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 474 pages
...dear Friend Mr. Congreve, predicting Congreve's literary success, and concluding with the celebrated lines : — " 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." had their... | |
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