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... Favourite English poems and poets - Page 304by English poems - 1870 - 672 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...brayVf Horrible discord ; and the madding' wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Sound Imitating Reluctance. For who, to- dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing...day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. SECTION VI. PARAGRAPHS OF GREATER LENGTH. Connubial Affection. THE love that cheers life's latest stage,... | |
| English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...uncouth rhymes, and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires, Even from... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletterM muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'erfresign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ; Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...melancholy reigns. In the succeeding lines, the sound of the verse is made to imitate reluctance of mind. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...day, , Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? • We have now given sufficient openings into this subject : a moderate acquaintance with good writers,... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind 7 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettcr'd spirits bright Little inferior ; whom my thoughts...shape hath pour'd. Ah gentie pair! ye little think day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years spelt by th' unjetter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd, .Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 396 pages
...pain'd regret Which they excite— then cry, O do not leave me yet ! ON COUNTRY CHURCHYARD EPITAPHS. " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die." . GRAY'S ELEGY. IT is an incident worthy of remark, that the love of Fame, which so powerfully actuates... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...passing tribute x>fa sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the 'unletter'd Muse The place of faîne and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigii'd, S'ils n'ont pas des destins affronté la menace, Fait tonner au Sénat leur éloquente audace,... | |
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