Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. . '• ' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius,... The Life of John Dyrden - Page 394by Walter Scott - 1882Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...fair urn we trust. And, sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust : Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes....shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...defrayed the charge " Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! " Blest in thy genius, in thy love too, blest ! " One grateful woman to thy fame supplies, " What a whole thankless land to his denies." The maiden name of Rowe's sorrowful relict was Devenish. She married, not long afterwards, Colonel... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...Country from the disgrace incurred by the long neglect of so great a poet, and defrayed the charge " Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! " Blest in thy genius, in thy love too, blest ! " One grateful woman to thy fame supplies, " What a whole thankless land to his denies."... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...country from the disgrace incurred by the long neglect of so great a poet, and defrayed the charge •' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! " Blest in thy genius, in thy love too, blest ! " One grateful woman to thy fame supplies, " What a whole thankless land to his denies."... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...country from the disgrace incurred by the longneglect of so great a poet, and defrayed the charge «• Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! " Blest in thy genius, in thy love too, blest ! " One grateful woman to thy fame supplies, " What a whole thankless land to his denies."... | |
| English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...guide enquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest f Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to- thy fame supplies .- . What a whole thankless land to his denies. Of this inscription the chief fault is that it bt longs less to Rowe, for whom it was written, than... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust : Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest ! 5 Bless'd in thy genius, in thy love too blest One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...fair urn we trust, And, sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust : Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and encHesi rest ! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies... | |
| Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...more sincere, To nobler sentiments to fire the brave, • For never Briton more disdain'da slave ! Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest, Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ; And blest, that timely from our scene remov'd, Thy soul enjoys that liberty it lov'd.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust: Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Bless'd in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies A"h:il a whole... | |
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