 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pages
...bard of the latter, as he looks at the place of his rest among his lowly kindred, exclaims : — " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect. Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Wit h uncouth thymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, . Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. " Their... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - Bible - 1840 - 536 pages
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead; and hence they thought, when Mary,... | |
 | THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing trihute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead ; and hence they... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...,•?.*"• Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 20 Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...* '• With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. ,_ 21 Their names, their years, spoiled by the unlettered... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet, even these bones from insult (o protect, Some frail memorial, still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelled by the unlettered Muse,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray-; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...never learn'd' to stray,) 2Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life', | They kept the noiseless tenor of their way,. | Yet e'en these bones, from insult...nigh', | With uncouth rhymes, and shapeless sculpture deckW', | Implores the passing tribute of a sigh,. | Their names', their years', spell'd by theunletter'd... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 pages
...that meet their eyes are often of an arresting kind. In whatever part of the cemetery they may be, " Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." And, if they are led within the venerated pile, to gaze on the more costly memorials of the dead —... | |
 | Richard Harris Barham - 1841 - 926 pages
...RUBBER OF LIFE. BY DALTON INGOLD8BY. GAME THE SECOND. GAME THE SECOND. THE INHERITANCE. CHAPTER I. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some...still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculptures deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. GRAY. A TICARAOE AND A VICAR OF THE OLDEN... | |
 | 1841 - 908 pages
..." unhonored dead," 1941.] [Ann, when wandering through this silent grave, will find— 14 Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, " Some frail memorial...nigh, " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked " Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." Situated in full view of the Tillage, it would seem... | |
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Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 
