 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 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, The place of fame and elogy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who,... | |
 | 1821 - 772 pages
...passages of his works he is thought to have imitated Gray, as in those fine lines in his Elegy— " And who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd !" Italic^ — " E chi mai cede a una eterna oblivione questa cara e trava'gliata esistenza ! " But... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name.their years,spelt by the'unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. • Between this and the preceding stanza, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the fbnr following:—... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletterM muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'erfresign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ; Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years spelt by th' unjetter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd, .Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 396 pages
...pain'd regret Which they excite— then cry, O do not leave me yet ! ON COUNTRY CHURCHYARD EPITAPHS. " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die." . GRAY'S ELEGY. IT is an incident worthy of remark, that the love of Fame, which so powerfully actuates... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...passing tribute x>fa sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the 'unletter'd Muse The place of faîne and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigii'd, S'ils n'ont pas des destins affronté la menace, Fait tonner au Sénat leur éloquente audace,... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 pages
...with the solemnity of these homes of the departed. " Their names, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, " The place of Fame and Elegy supply ; " And...strews, " That teach the rustic moralist to die." MIDDLETON BATH. 27 We do not indeed expect to find the poetry of a Gray on these simple tablets of... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1824 - 420 pages
...with the solemnity of these homes of the departed. " Their names, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, " The place of Fame and Elegy supply ; " And...holy text around she strews, " That teach the rustic moralUt to die." We do not indeed expect to find the poetry of a Gray on these simple tablets" of fond... | |
 | George Dyer - 1824 - 702 pages
...turn, not to be overlooked as a trifler, or as a labourer about nothing ; — operose nihit agenda : " For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing;,...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... | |
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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. 
