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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ... - Page 273
by Ludwig Herrig - 1885
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spell'd by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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 cast one...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...sculptures deckt, 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...moralist to die. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1850 - 466 pages
...decked, Implores thf passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, th^r years, spelled by the unlettered MOM, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned; — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered à This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 9 Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned; — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 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...moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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 cast one...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unlettered iluae, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned ;— Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unlettered MUM, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned ; — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor...
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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 cast...
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