...was yet alive* DO generous patron would a dinner give : see him, when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, presented, with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shewn, he ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone* The principal poem of our poet stands unrivalled...

...of this monument, Mr, Si: . el Wesley wrote the following Epigram. « While Butler, needy wretch I was yet alive, no generous patron would a dinner give : see him, when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, presented, with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in...

...puns, rarely transfueible into a foreign tongue, or much of their spirit is lott in the attempt*. " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give: See him, when starv'd to death, and tnrnM to dost, Presented with a monumental bnst. The poet's fate is here in emblem...

...wretch, was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown,— He asfc'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone, CCXLVUI. When man and -woman die, as poets sung,...

...a correct transcript of the Poet's epigram. However, such as it is, I beg your acceptance of it. " While Butler (needy wretch '.) was yet alive, No generous Patron would a dinner give ; Behold him, atari' >l to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's...

...On a Monument being erected to the memory of Biitter, author of Hudibras. BY THE BEV. SAMUEL WESLEY. WHILE Butler (needy wretch!) was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The Poet's fate...

...monument being erected to the memory of Sutler, author of Hudibru?. [By the Rev. Samuel H'esley.]' WHII-F. Butler (needy wretch !) was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's fate...

...John Barber, citizen of London, which gave occasion to the following lines by Mr. S. Wesley: ' Whilst Butler, needy wretch! was yet alive, No generous patron...a dinner give. See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd...

...Barber, citizen.of London, which gave occasion to the following lines by Mr. S. Wesley : • Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous...a dinner give. See him, when starved to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd...

...to Homer, Tasso, Milton, Spenser, and Butler, no poet has a right to complain of hard fortune. When Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him when dead, and turned again to dust, Presented with a monumental bust; See here the poet's fate in order...