 | Happy family - 1851 - 228 Seiten
...in Gray's Elegy have always had a charm for me — ' Far from the busy world's ignoble strife, His sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life, He kept the noiseless tenor of his way." Such I hoped might be my lot ; but when the letter from Mr.... | |
 | 1851 - 278 Seiten
...madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn' d to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet eVn these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes... | |
 | Thomas Gill - 1852 - 516 Seiten
...of Selbourne would have said, what the author of the Elegy would have sung, "Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." Living under a continuous succession of good landlords, the dauntless breast of... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 Seiten
...Boldier'a wpwfcfcre." Campbell. Sequestro, / separate from ; as, sequestrate. " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Their sober wishes never learned...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."— Cray. Sequor, / follow ; secutus, followed ; as consequent, persecute, execute.... | |
 | William S. Forrest - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...repose, and the winds sighing through their branches, sing their only requiem ! ' Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' " Not a family in this section but has a relative or friend resting here. The... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Par from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected... | |
 | 1853 - 560 Seiten
...heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 378 ELEGY. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 Seiten
...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Far from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." " And I remember," said Annie, " a remark I heard some time since, which, perhaps,... | |
 | William S. Forrest - 1853 - 498 Seiten
...repose, and the winds sighing through their branches, sing their only requiem ! 'Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' " Not a family in this section but has a relative or friend resting here. The... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 Seiten
...ignoble striie, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life, Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect. Some frail memorial still erected nigh, XX* Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; XXBk... | |
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Muse's flame. far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, their sober wishes never learned to stray; along the cool sequestered vale of life they kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 
