 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all — but first he died. my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wa strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits arc all employ'd ; With... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...What had the public done for him? Mere envy, avarice, and pride: He gave it all — but first he died. And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits are all employ'd ; With... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all — but first he died. And had the Dean in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits are all employ'd ; With... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...had the pnblie done for him ? Mere envy, avariee, and pride : He gave it all — bnt first he died. And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no ]loor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grnb-street... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all — but first he died. bs Rooted in earth, unmov'd and fis'd he stands. For every cruel curse returns a groan, strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood '" Now Grub-street wits are all employ'd , With... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...What had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all ; but first he died. And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood ! " Now, Grub-street wits are all employ'd ; With... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all — but first he died. And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits are all employed ; With... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1853 - 220 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride ; He gave it all — but first he died. And had the Dean in all the nation No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits are all employ'd; With elegies... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...had the public done for him ? Mere envy, avarice, and pride: He gave it all — but first he died. And had the dean in all the nation No worthy friend, no poor relation? 20* So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood! Here shift the scene, to represent... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...had the public done for him 1 Mere envy, avarice, and pride : He gave it all — but first he died. And had the Dean in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood !" Now Grub-street wits are all employ'd; With elegies... | |
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And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood... 
