...Faerie Queene," and not far off is one to the memory of John Gray ; the epitaph written by himself : "Life is a jest, and all things show it, — I thought so once, and now I know it." TOMBS OF GAT, THOMSON, AND OTHERS. 15 I passed on to the tomb of Thomson, author of " The Seasons,"...

...clumsy compliment, there an irreverent sneer, and on one—Gay's monument—an irreligious scoff:— " Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it." We have before us a thick folio volume by Tolderoy,—a collecVOL. VI.—NO. I....

...buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument, bearing the following inscription, is erected : — " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once ; but now I know it. GAY, Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man ; simplicity a child...

...Shakspeare ; and I road the irreverent epitaph of Gay, fhe author of the "Beggar's Opera," * • " Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it." i Near by, also, I saw the monument to David Garrick, which Charles Lamb justly...

...unwholesome dew ; So fades the blossom on its early bed, When storms and tempests sear its tender head. 657. Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it. JOHN GAY. 658. My life ! my love I my precious babe I How dear thou wast to me,...

...attempted unimproved. John Gay's monument is on the left of this, with those foolish lines as an epitaph: "Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it." It seems unjust to let this worthless couplet remain as an indication of the poet's...

...actors; Exit Burbage. The couplet, on a monument to John Gay, is hardly suited to a Christian church: Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it. We close the list with one taken from the Potter's field at Yorkville, Canada West, written by the...

...it does everybody,—it is on the tomb of John Gay, and was written by himself. It is as follows : " Life is a jest, and all things show it: I thought so once, and now I know it." Not far from this shocking epitaph is the grave of the author of " The Seasons"—James Thomson. And...

...illusion which, in a manner most wonderful, his lordship has contrived to gather around his name. " Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once, and now I know it," will be an appropriate epitaph wherewith to deck the marble monument that the grateful nation shall...

...' I love as my own soul ' — if a stone should mark his grave, to write on it these lines : — ' Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it.' ' There is none like you, living or dead,' were Gay's last words to his ever kind...