Good people all, with one accord,

Lament for Madam Blaize,

Who never wanted a good word

From those who spoke her praise.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize.

Friend to my life, which did not you prolong,

The world had wanted many an idle song.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 27.

And heaven had wanted one immortal song.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 197.