Elegy Written in a Country Church-yardJohn Van Voorst, 1839 - 64 pages |
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... merit is not , perhaps , generally known , and will not here be inappro- priately introduced . General Wolfe received a copy on the eve of the assault on Quebec ; he was so struck with its beauty , that he is said to have exclaimed ...
... merit is not , perhaps , generally known , and will not here be inappro- priately introduced . General Wolfe received a copy on the eve of the assault on Quebec ; he was so struck with its beauty , that he is said to have exclaimed ...
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... merits , by the attempts to render its beau- ties accessible to foreign readers : a list of these would occupy a considerable space , but those who are desirous of becoming acquainted with them , will find a very co- pious collection in ...
... merits , by the attempts to render its beau- ties accessible to foreign readers : a list of these would occupy a considerable space , but those who are desirous of becoming acquainted with them , will find a very co- pious collection in ...
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... the transcendant merits of a composition , which the highest critical authority in our own country has declared it would be idle to praise . J. M. Woburn Abbey , 25 March , 1839 . Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓.
... the transcendant merits of a composition , which the highest critical authority in our own country has declared it would be idle to praise . J. M. Woburn Abbey , 25 March , 1839 . Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓.
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... ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . " Ενθάδ ' ὑποχθόνιος κεῖται Νέος , ὦ τόδε σᾶμα ,. " The next , with dirges due , in sad array , No further seek his merits to disclose , ...
... ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . " Ενθάδ ' ὑποχθόνιος κεῖται Νέος , ὦ τόδε σᾶμα ,. " The next , with dirges due , in sad array , No further seek his merits to disclose , ...
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... their dread abode : ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , Smeared with gore. No further seek his merits to disclose , THE BARD . BY GRAY .
... their dread abode : ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , Smeared with gore. No further seek his merits to disclose , THE BARD . BY GRAY .