 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of...breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault . The pealing anthem swells the note...breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...the Monthly Visitor. THOUGHTS ON MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's...dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? THE Elegy of Gray (from which I have here quoted a verse, as a kind of motto) is universally admired... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise , Where thro' the long-drawn isle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note...breath ; Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of...breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...their tomb.no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthern swells the note of praise. , Can storied urn or animated...Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neg'ected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...4es1totrit>eaia'x 'm*gttifiqtie9 Attester de lews ttoms le né Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note...breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps-in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...to These the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of...breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of...breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of...breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
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The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated... 
