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" With uncouth rhymes and shapeless 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 a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist... "
The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued as] The ... - Page 43
1822
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...the first copv. Tl following stania wa* excluded with th« other altaratioi.. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th* unlettered Muse,...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. XX. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. XXI. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, [dcck'd, Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd The...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless Uuiour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rh vines and shapeless sculpture Implores tbv passing tribute of a sigh, [deck'd, Et generis jactatus...
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The Baltimore Reportory, of Papers on Literary and Other Topics, Volume 1

1811 - 450 pages
...covers it. 'Tis the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. " Yet e'en those bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh ; With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'ds Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." " The stranger, who in days to come, shall visit our...
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Rights of God, Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of ...

Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...the cool sequester'd va!e of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way, Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect •'Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse,...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. . Yet ev'n these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by l.li' unletter'd...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt bj th' unklterM muse,...
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