Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title,' and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvied, by the... The Wyoming Valley, Upper Waters of the Susquehanna, and the Lackawanna Coal ... - Page 111edited by - 1875 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...let me call him mine) On the cast ore another Pollio shine; With aspect open shall erect his head 65 And round the orb in lasting notes be read, " Statesman,...truth! of soul sincere, "In action faithful, and in honour clear ; " Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, " Who gain'd no title, and who lost no... | |
| English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...AMOR ET DELICI* : VIX1I TITL'LIS ET INVIDIA MA2OR ANNOS, REU TAUCOS, XXXV. OR. FER. XVI. M.BCC.XX. Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end. Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend;... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 512 pages
...gentleman, have been well expressed in the epitaph on his tomb in Westminster Abbey, written by Pope. Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere ;...faithful, and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end; Who gam'd no title, and who lost no friend : Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd;... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 474 pages
...gentleman, have been well expressed in the epitaph on his tomb in Westminster Abbey, written by Pope, Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere ;...faithful, and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, scrv'd no private end; Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend : JLnnobletl by himself, by all... | |
| English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...et Delias : Vixit Titulis et Invidia Major, Annos Heu Paucos xxxYi Ob. Feb. xvi. MDCCXX. Stat*sman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...me call him mine) On the cast ore another Pollio shine ; With aspect open shall erect his head, 65 And round the orb in lasting notes be read, " Statesman,...truth ! of soul sincere, " In action faithful, and in honour clear ; " Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, " Who gain'd no title, and who lost no... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...thy Craggs (and let me call him mine) On the cast ore, another Pollio, shine; With aspect open shall erect his head, And round the orb in lasting notes be read. " Statesman, yet friend to truth ! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 486 pages
...thy Craggs (and let me call him mine) On the cast ore, another Pollio, shine; With aspect open shall erect his head, And round the orb in lasting notes be read. " Statesman, yet friend to truth ! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...amor et delicise : Vixit titnlus et invidia major Annos, heu paucos, xxxv. Ob. Feb. xvi. M,DCC,XX. Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend... | |
| Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...above envy : His years were few, alas ! too few for such a man : Dying in the 35th year of his age, 187 Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend,... | |
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