 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial, still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculptBM decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unld-ierM... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...noiseless te'nor/ of their wa'y. Yet even the'se bo'nes, (from insult to pro'tect,) Some frail memorTal/ still erected nig'h, With uncouth rhy'mes/ and shapeless sculpture de'cked, Implores the passing tr'ibute/ of a sig'h. Their na'me, their yea"rs, (spelt by the unlettered m'use) The place of fa'me/... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...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... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1846 - 472 pages
...misproportioned images and unmusical poetry carved upon them — " Yet even these bones from insult protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With...and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. " Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The pluce of fame and elegy... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 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, spell'd by th' unletter'd... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 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 deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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,... | |
 | Henry Hudson Holly - Architecture - 1993 - 268 pages
...among moss-covered gravestones, " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." " Yet c'eti these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still...and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." Hard by stands the church. The ivy has crept quite up its rugged walls, and, undisturbed... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...the cool sequestered 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...and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and... | |
 | Wendell Mayo - Fiction - 1996 - 132 pages
...will be plenty of stories, plenty from now on, plenty to tell the priest. Soledad 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. — Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-... | |
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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... 
