 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 Blue Poetry Book - Page 145edited by - 1891 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...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...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing liug'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Mufle, ffs on the other hand, the cascades thai: in many places throw themselves from the very summit Oown Forgetfulncss a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, I/ ft the warm precincts of the cheerful... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd The place of fame and elegy supply : [Muse, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
 | 1833 - 244 pages
...illustrations of the poet's fancy ; may we not in every country see — ' Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd muse, ' The place of fame and elegy supply...strews, ' That teach the rustic moralist to die.' ' The latter part of your quotation,' said Neville, ' is not so frequent ; in general the inscriptions... | |
 | Sir Jerom Murch - Baptists - 1835 - 612 pages
...and anxiety for the improvement of the living. v " Their names, their years spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die." The origin and exact age of the society at Frenchay are involved in uncertainty. My earliest information... | |
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
..."the rude forefathers of the hamlet" he proceeds; "Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...decked Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name.their years.spelt by the unlettered most, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy...forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ?... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...nigh, Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply 5 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—lingering look behind... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
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