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 resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse - Página 372editado por - 1926 - 727 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 páginas
...itself to him. Mr. Mason thinks the third of these rejected stanzas equal to any in the whole Elegy. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...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 relies,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 páginas
...ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing...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 ?... | |
| 1800 - 322 páginas
...[deck'd, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of'a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...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 relies,... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 páginas
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. xx. ; .. , " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletlcr'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...being e'er 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 páginas
...ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing...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 relies,... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 páginas
...from insult to protect, "\ Some frail memorial still erected nigh, A With uncouth rhymes and fhapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of...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?... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 páginas
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 páginas
...deck'd Implores the passing 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...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... | |
| 1806 - 330 páginas
...uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, H 145 Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...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 relies,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th* unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many...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 relies,... | |
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