 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the 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 resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...deckt, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years spelt by th' unlettered Mu.-r. 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, On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1855 - 442 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... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...sculpture deck'd, 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 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... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 212 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... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 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 Hardy - Fiction - 1999 - 524 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... | |
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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... 
