 When all the noblest gifts which Heaven e'er gave Were centred in a dark untimely grave. Oh, taught on Reason's boldest wings to rise And catch each glimmering of the opening skies, Oh, gentle bosom ! Oh, unsullied mind! Oh, friend to truth, to virtue...  Select Miscellaneous Productions, of Mrs. Day, and Thomas Day, Esq: In Verse ... - Page 9by Esther Milnes Day, Thomas Lowndes - 1805 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley - Surrey (England) - 1842 - 296 pages
...glimmering of the op'ning skies ; Oh, gentle Bosom ! oh, unsullied Mind ! Oh, Friend to Truth, to Virtue, to Mankind ! Thy dear remains we trust to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second loss like thine." In the plan of Walton-Leigh manor (already referred to) in the vestry at Chertsey, the... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - England - 1854 - 608 pages
...glimmering of the open skies ! Oh gentle bosom ! oh unsullied mind ! Oh, friend of truth, to virtue, to mankind ! Thy dear remains we trust to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second lots like thine.' The walk from Chertsey to WEYBRIDGE is as pleasant a walk as can bo desired ; especially... | |
 | 1855 - 622 pages
...Mr. Day mourned the loss of his accomplished friend, — " О gentle bosom ! О unsullied mind ! О friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind ! Thy dear...to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second loss like thine !"* Dr. Small, and the distinguished friends who now mourned his loss, were in the practice... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...untimely grave. Oh ! taught on reason's boldest wings to rise, And catch each glimmering of the opening skies : Oh ! gentle bosom : oh, unsullied mind ! Oh, friend to truth, to virtue, to mankind : Thy dear remains we trust to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second loss like thine."... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1858 - 656 pages
...vise, ' And catch each glimmering of the opening skies ! ' O gentle bosom ! 0 unsullied mind 1 ' O friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind ! * Thy dear remains we trust to this sad shrino, ' Secure to feel no second loss like thine ! " * The " sepulchred grove " of Soho has fallen... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1859 - 652 pages
...rise, " And catch each glimmering of the opeuing skies ! " 0 gentle bosom ! 0 unsullied mind ! " O friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind ! " Thy dear...to this sad shrine, " Secure to feel no second loss like thine ! " * The " sepulchred grove " of Soho has fallen ; the " sarco" phagus," — or, rather,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 pages
...to rise, ' And catch each glimmering of the opening skies ! ' 0 gentle bosom ! 0 unsullied mind! ' 0 friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind ! ' Thy dear...to this sad shrine, ' Secure to feel no second loss like thine ! " * • The " sepulchred grove " of Soho has fallen ; the " sarco" phagus," — or, rather,... | |
 | John Blackman - 1862 - 140 pages
...glimmering of the open skies ! Oh, gentle bosom ! oh, unsullied mind ! Oh, friend of truth, to virtue, to mankind ! Thy dear remains, we trust to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second loss like thine. Several poetical tributes to the memory and virtues of DAY appeared in various publications.... | |
 | James Keir - Physicians - 1868 - 180 pages
...boldefl wings to rife, And catch each glimmering of the opening (kies ! Oh, gentle bofom ! Oh, unfullied mind ! Oh, friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind ! Thy dear remains we trufl to this fad fhrine, Secure to feel no fecond lofs like thine." (P. in). "Dr. SMALL'S memory was... | |
 | 1881 - 572 pages
...glimmering of the opening skies ; Oh, gentle bosom ! oh, unsullied mind ! Oh, friend to truth, fo virtue, to mankind! Thy dear remains we trust to this sad shrine, Secure to feel no second loss like thine. Mr. Day himself wrote these lines for another occasion, but they were considered so appropriate... | |
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