Thomas Tickell. 1686-1740.
Just men, by whom impartial laws were given;
And saints who taught and led the way to heaven.
On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 41.
Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.
On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 45.
There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high
The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die.[313:2]
On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 81.
[314]
The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid.
To a Lady with a Present of Flowers.
I hear a voice you cannot hear,
Which says I must not stay;
I see a hand you cannot see,
Which beckons me away.
Colin and Lucy.
Footnotes
[313:2] He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them to live.—Montaigne: Essays, book i. chap. ix.
I have taught you, my dear flock, for above thirty years how to live; and I will show you in a very short time how to die.—Sandys: Anglorum Speculum, p. 903.
Teach him how to live,
And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.
Porteus: Death, line 316.
He taught them how to live and how to die.—Somerville: In Memory of the Rev. Mr. Moore.