 | 1812 - 594 էջ
...amidst their tears, And hope beyond the grave. CHARITY. ELEGANT EPITAPH. Underneath this stone doth lie, As much virtue as could die ; Which, when alive, did vigor give To as much beauty as could live. " But, alas ! what is taste : A .lisevse of the minfl, Though seductive, infirm — antl though pmisu,... | |
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 էջ
...I lie ; See how beauty fades away, О prepare, prepare to die. 17. Underneath this stone doth lie, As much virtue as could die, Which when alive did vigor give, To as much beauty as could live. V. This blooming virgin's sudden fall, On you, her sex, does loudly call, To think upon your fickle... | |
 | 586 էջ
...although more rugged in versification, is also deserving of quotation ; Underneath this stono doth lie As much virtue as could die ; Which, when alive, did vigor give To as much beauty as could live. If she had a single fault, Leave it buried In this vault Not a few of Pope's epitaphs, as we have before... | |
 | 1851 - 608 էջ
...although more rugged in versification, is also deserving of quotation : — Underneath this stone doth lie As much virtue as could die ; Which, when alive, did vigor give To as much beauty as could live. If she had a single fault, Leave it buried in this vault. We have already had occasion to make a few... | |
 | Payne Kenyon Kilbourne - 1856 - 524 էջ
...Glastenbury, and died in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ." •• Underneath this stone doth lie As much virtue as could die ; Which when alive did vigor give To as much beauty as could live." 110. HORACE, b. in Glastenbury, Nov. 11, 1809; became a farmer, and resides on the paternal homestead... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 էջ
...not worthy the name." — Donald J. Mitchell. EPITAPH OX A LADY. '' UNDERNEATH this stone doth lie, As much virtue as could die, Which when alive did vigor give To as much beauty as could live : If she had a single fault, Leave it buried in this vault.'' Ben. Johnson. THE LOST WIFE. '• Io... | |
 | S P. Williams - 1866 - 126 էջ
...among others, one old tombstone, containing the following quaint lines : " Underneath this sod doth lie As much virtue as could die, Which when alive did vigor give To as much virtue as could live." We left the spot about three, and returned to the hotel in good time, much delighted... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1867 - 346 էջ
...is a short poem in praise of the virtues of a departed friend. Ex. — Underneath this stone doth Ke As much virtue as could die; Which when alive did vigor give To as much beauty as could live. — Sen Jonson. X 239. Poetic Feet. 1. The lines of poetry are divided by accent into small parts,... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1875 - 192 էջ
...relentless doom !— The flower quite withered Ere it knew its bloom. In Roslyn Churchyard : — Underneath this stone doth lye As much virtue as could die, Which when alive did vigour give To as much virtue as could live. In a Churchyard in Wales, on a lady named Greenwood :—... | |
 | John Belton O'Neall - 1892 - 852 էջ
...amiable and excellent of women, on thy tomb should be written: "Beneath this stone doth lie As mlich of virtue as could die; Which when alive did vigor give To as much goodness as could live !" He resigned his cashiership, returned to Newberry, aad married Abigail .O'Neall,... | |
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Underneath this stone doth lie As much virtue as could die ; Which, when alive, did vigor give To as much beauty as could live. 
