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 resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Side 179redigert av - 1918 - 364 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 sider
...and affection. Precincts of the cheerfiil day. — The word precinct means boundary. 26 XXII. " On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...cries, Even in Our ashes live their wonted fires, Parting soul relies; — that is, depends upon some person who was fond of them for the last marks... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 sider
...to dumb Forgctfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious bcinsj e'er re>ign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our a»hcs live their wonted tires '. 3 Ch'i... | |
| 1814 - 310 sider
...to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering...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,... | |
| George Dyer - 1814 - 320 sider
...to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...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." — And... | |
| 1849 - 802 sider
...— how comely in critical old age ! Any farther fanlt to find with our friend Mitford ? NORTH. " On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...cries , Even in our ashes live their wonted fires." •' ' Pious drops' is from Ovid— pi» lachrymae ; ' closing eye' is from Pope — ' voice of nature'... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sider
...to dumb forgeifulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 sider
...to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...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,... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 358 sider
...to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering...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,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 sider
...to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Kv'n from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. I'orthec,... | |
| 1822 - 418 sider
...anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul...cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. ADDRESS TO LORD BYRON. KNOW'ST thou the land of the mountain and flood, Where the pine of the forest... | |
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