Alas! by some degree of woe
We every bliss must gain;
The heart can ne’er a transport know
That never feels a pain.
“Song,”—Lord George Lyttelton.
Lord George Lyttleton, a distinguished English statesman and man of letters, was born at Hagley, Worcestershire, in 1709, and died, August 22, 1773. His best known prose works are: “The Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul,” and “History of Henry II.”
Of right and wrong he taught
Truths as refined as ever Athens heard;
And (strange to tell!) He practised what he preached.
“The Art of Preserving Health,” Book IV, Line 301,—John Armstrong.
John Armstrong, a celebrated English physician and poet, was born about 1709, and died September 7, 1779. He is best known by his famous poem, “The Art of Preserving Health.”
Whoe’er has travell’d life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome at an inn.
“Written on a Window of an Inn,”—William Shenstone.
William Shenstone, a celebrated English poet, was born at the Leasowes, near Halesowen, Shropshire, in 1714, and died there, February 11, 1763. His best known poems are: “The Pastoral Ballad,” “Written in an Inn at Henley,” and “The Schoolmistress.” His “Essays on Men and Manners,” “Letters,” and “Works” were collected and published after his death.
Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.