 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...the passing trihute of a sigh, Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place ol Fame and Elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That irai.h the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulntss a prey, This pleasing anxious being... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...monuments and simple epitaphs of the swains, the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who, to dumb forgetfulness a. prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...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,...being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passive tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around he strews, ;<, -. That teach the rustic moralist to die. ., ..,,. For who, to dumbforgetfulness,a prey,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. O Their name, their yean, spelt by Ih' uuletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she itrewi, That teach the rutitic moraliit to die. For who, to dumb forget fulness a prey, This pleasing... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...bear ; " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, " And waste its sweetness on the desart air." " For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey " This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, " Iict't the warm precincts of the cheerful day, " Nor cast one longing, ling'ving look behind." The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlctter'd Muse The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgctfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious bcinsj e'er re>ign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' nnletter'd Muse, Tin: place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text...teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulne» a prey, " This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletler'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : Ami many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb forgetfuluess a prey. This pleasing anxious being t'er resign'd, On some fond breast the parting soul... | |
 | John Walker - Gentleman's magazine (London, England) - 1811 - 518 pages
...universal practice of raising .Sepulchral Monuments, and js finely illustrated by the plaintive Gray : For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd ; - Left tiie warm precincts of the cliearful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'nng louk, behind ? The most simple... | |
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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. 
