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 Gray - 1853 - 384 páginas
...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. so Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, a This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 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 ?... | |
| 1853 - 560 páginas
...sculpture decked, 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...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?... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 páginas
...unletter'd muse',| The place of fame, and elegy, supply, ; | And many a holy text around she strews7, | That teach the rustic moralist to die(. | For who,...cheerful day, ] Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behindv ? \ On some fond breast the parting soul relies1 ; | Some pious drops the closing eye requires,... | |
| Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 páginas
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For Thee,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er rcsign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ?... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1854 - 102 páginas
...tenour of their way. 16 Yet ev'n these bones from insult to prote¿t Some frail memorial still ere#ed nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture...pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precin£ts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? it On some fond breast... | |
| William Collins - 1854 - 430 páginas
...to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, 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... | |
| 1854 - 456 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, On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ;... | |
| George Croly - 1854 - 426 páginas
...deckt, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years spelt by th' unlettered Mu.-r. The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ;... | |
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