 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 O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade...  Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 391by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Katherine Thomson - 1861 - 654 pages
...road, and wrote an amusing account of «K « \-iurti^Y to a friend, winding up with the well-known • Be kind to my remains, and oh ! defend, Against your judgment, your departed Mend.' mind was as vigorous as ever, in spite of the waste debauches ; and when recommended to make... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...th' ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expence, I live a Rent-charge upon Providence : But you whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee...Be kind to my remains, and oh defend Against your Judgement your departed Friend ! Let not the insulting Foe my Fame pursue ; But shade those Lawrels... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...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 O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Let not th' insulting foe my fame pursue, —... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...the end of the poem are singularly graceful and touching, and sank deep into the heart of Congreve. " Already am I worn with cares and age, And just abandoning...and, oh, defend Against your judgment your departed friend.Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But guard those laurels which descend to yon." The... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...th' ungrateful stage, TJnprofitably 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 O ! defend. Against your judgment, your departed friend. Let not th' insulting foe... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, 70 Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and 0 defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Let not the exulting foe my fame pursue, But... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 346 pages
...heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence : But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, 70 Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and O defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend ! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1867 - 334 pages
...Prom reading over his writings, and the biographies which we have of him, amongst which the famous But you whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, JBe kind to my remains, and oh defend Against your Judgment your departed Friend! Let not the insulting... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1869 - 366 pages
...ungrateful stage ; Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 414 pages
...th' ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expence, I live a 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... | |
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