 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the nnletter'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... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 248 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 one... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 460 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 one... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by tk' unlettered Muss, 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 resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 362 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. <a Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precinets of the cheerful day, f Nor cast one longing ling'ring look bchind ? ) On some fond breast... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...sculpture decked, 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, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1854 - 102 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 precin£ts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 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, On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, 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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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... 
