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... The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Side 117av Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 sider
...stray; Alnng the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless Uuiour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rh vines and shapeless sculpture Implores tbv passing tribute of a sigh, [deck'd, Et generis jactatus... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 sider
...stray ; Along the cool sequestcr'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet \\ et ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, 'ith uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name,... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 sider
...With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Their names, their years, spelt by th'unletter'dM use, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
| 1811 - 558 sider
...which the humblest pay to the most humble. " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, " Some trail memorial still erected nigh; " With uncouth rhymes...deck'd; " Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." ' The stranger who, in days to come, shall visit our shore, will exclaim, ' show me the statue of your... | |
| 1811 - 450 sider
...earth that covers it. 'Tis the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. " Yet e'en those bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh ; With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'ds Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." " The stranger, who in days to come, shall visit our... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 sider
...protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, \\ ith uncouth rhymesandslxipt'lesssculpiuredeck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletler'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : Ami many a holy text around she strews, That... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 sider
...learnt to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. . Yet ev'n these bones, from insult to protect, Some...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by l.li' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews,... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 sider
...— Along1 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...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt bj th' unklterM muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews,... | |
| 1814 - 310 sider
...learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd 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 nigh, AVith uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 sider
...stray; Along the cool secjuester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th'unleiter•tl muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews,... | |
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