| English essays - 1751 - 684 pages
...deckt, Implores the patting tribute of a figh. Their name, their years fpelt by th' UP.letter'd route The place of fame and elegy fupply, And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach (he ruftick morahrt to die. For who to dumb forgetfulnefi a prey. This pleating anxious being e'er... | |
| 1755 - 464 pages
...portion of a few. The ingenious Mr. Grey has beautifully exprefled this defire in the following lines : For who, to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafing, anxious being e'er refign'd ; Left the warm precin&s of the chearful day, Nor caft one longing, ling'ring look behind ? On fome warm breaft the... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1788 - 738 pages
..." The fwallow twitt'ring from her draw-built ihed :" * Ni Prague rafoatant lei maux defafamille.' " For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd ?" ' En depit de HOI maux, qui de nous en effet Ke trou<vt du plaijir a gemir fur la terre ?' " On... | |
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...deck'd, Implores the paffing tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy...around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moralift to dye. For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafmg anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm... | |
| Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1753 - 164 pages
...deck'd, Implores the paffing tribute of a figh. Kz Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruiftc moralift to dye. For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd,... | |
| John Hill - 1753 - 360 pages
...decKd, Implores the faffing tribute cfajigb : Their name, their years, fpelt by tV unlettered Mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply ; And many a holy text around Jhe Jlreivs, That teach the rujlic moralijl to die, The imaginary ruftic's defcription of himfelf,... | |
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 168 pages
...deck'd, Implores the pafling tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' nnletter'd mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around (he ftrews, That teach the ruiftc moralift to dye. For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafmg... | |
| Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...deck'd, Implores the paffing tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd Mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply: And many a holy...around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moralift to dye. For who to dumb Forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafmg anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 pages
...monuments and fimple epitaphs of the fwains, the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who, to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm precin&s of the chearful day, Nor caft one longing lingering look behind ? OF this art Mr. POPE has... | |
| Collection - 1758 - 394 pages
...fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moralift to dye. For who to dumb Forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm precinfts of the chearful day, Nor cafl one longing ling'ring look behind ? On (bme fond breafl the... | |
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