Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd,... The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Página 513editado por - 1908 - 1084 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing liug'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 páginas
...and e!egy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 80 For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...look behind ? On some fond breast, the parting soul relies;85 Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from the tomb, the voice of nature cries;... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd The place of fame and elegy supply : [Muse, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 páginas
...shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? , t • • • i • On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye... | |
| Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 páginas
..."the rude forefathers of the hamlet" he proceeds; "Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
| 1836 - 558 páginas
...decked Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name.their years.spelt by the unlettered most, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy...forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ?... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 páginas
...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 páginas
...shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spell'd by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 páginas
...deckW', | Implores the passing tribute of a sigh,. | Their names', their years', spell'd by theunletter'd muse-,! The place of fame, and elegy, supply, ; |...relies' ; | Some pious drops , the closing eye requires ; | 1 For thee , who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead', ', Dost in these lines their artless tale ,... | |
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