...the whole Elegy. 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...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 relies, Some...

...tribute of'a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That...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 relies, Some...

...tribute of a sigh. 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...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ?...

...sigh. xx. ; .. , " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletlcr'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? XXI. The poet seems here to have finished the reflections...

...interment. Gray, in his beautiful and mischievous elegy, thus tells, indeed, of the unlettered muse : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. But tliis is not true. Holy texts are % rarely discoverable in cemeteries ; and, even when found, they...

...tribute of a sigh. 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...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 relies, Some...

...sigh. \? -. . » 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...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resiga'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling' ring look behind?...

...tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews ,...teach, the rustic moralist to die. For -who, to dumb foreetfulness a prey, TI • i • T • i • ii ims pleasing anxious being e er resign'u , Left the...

...trihute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt hy th' uuletter'd Mu«» 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 dumh forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious heing e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the...

...1812, With uncouth rhymes, and shhpless sculpture cteck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd ? J.ct't the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one lunging, lingering look, behind. GHAY'S...