File:William Hazlitt memorial.JPG
Summary
Memorial to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt" class="extiw" title="en:William Hazlitt">William Hazlitt</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Anne%27s,_Soho" class="extiw" title="en:St Anne's, Soho">St Anne's</a> church, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho" class="extiw" title="en:Soho">Soho</a>. The memorial restores the original text which was written on Hazlitt's gravestone:
Here rests
WILLIAM HAZLITT
Born April 10, 1778, Died 18 September, 1830
He lived to see his deepest wishes gratified
as he has expressed them in his Essay,
'on the Fear of Death'.
Viz.:
'To see the downfall of the Bourbons.
And some prospect of good to mankind':
(Charles X
was driven from France 29th July, 1830).
'To leave some sterling work to the world':
(He lived to complete his 'Life of Napoleon').
His desire
That some friendly hand should consign
Him to the grave was accomplished to a
Limited but profound extent; on
These conditions he was ready to depart,
And to have inscribed on his tomb,
'Grateful and Contented'.
He was
The first (unanswered) Metaphysician of the age.
A despiser of the merely Rich And Great:
A lover of the People, poor or oppressed:
A hater of the Pride and Power of the Few,
As opposed to the happiness of the Many;
A man of true moral courage,
Who sacrificed Profit and present Fame
To Principle,
And a yearning for the good of Human Nature.
Who was a burning wound to an Aristocracy,
That could not answer him before men,
And who may confront him before their maker.
He lived and died
The unconquered champion
Of
Truth, Liberty, and Humanity,
'Dubitantes opera legite'.
This stone
Is raised by one whose heart is
With him, in his grave.
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current | 04:20, 6 January 2017 | 3,264 × 2,448 (3.98 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Memorial to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt" class="extiw" title="en:William Hazlitt">William Hazlitt</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Anne%27s,_Soho" class="extiw" title="en:St Anne's, Soho">St Anne's</a> church, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho" class="extiw" title="en:Soho">Soho</a>. The memorial restores the original text which was written on Hazlitt's gravestone: </p> <div class="poem"> <p>Here rests<br> WILLIAM HAZLITT<br> Born April 10, 1778, Died 18 September, 1830<br> He lived to see his deepest wishes gratified<br> as he has expressed them in his Essay,<br> 'on the Fear of Death'.<br> Viz.:<br> 'To see the downfall of the Bourbons.<br> And some prospect of good to mankind':<br> (Charles X<br> was driven from France 29th July, 1830).<br> 'To leave some sterling work to the world':<br> (He lived to complete his 'Life of Napoleon').<br> His desire<br> That some friendly hand should consign<br> Him to the grave was accomplished to a<br> Limited but profound extent; on<br> These conditions he was ready to depart,<br> And to have inscribed on his tomb,<br> 'Grateful and Contented'.<br> He was<br> The first (unanswered) Metaphysician of the age.<br> A despiser of the merely Rich And Great:<br> A lover of the People, poor or oppressed:<br> A hater of the Pride and Power of the Few,<br> As opposed to the happiness of the Many;<br> A man of true moral courage,<br> Who sacrificed Profit and present Fame<br> To Principle,<br> And a yearning for the good of Human Nature.<br> Who was a burning wound to an Aristocracy,<br> That could not answer him before men,<br> And who may confront him before their maker.<br> He lived and died<br> The unconquered champion<br> Of<br> Truth, Liberty, and Humanity,<br> 'Dubitantes opera legite'.<br> This stone<br> Is raised by one whose heart is<br> With him, in his grave. </p> </div> |
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