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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. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er... "
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ... - Page 385
1903 - 1158 pages
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Gray's Poetical Works: English and Latin : Illustrated

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1847 - 276 pages
...a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettcr'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? ^ 1 ' I On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...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...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...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...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, To teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind 1 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some...
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...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 she strews, That teach...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some...
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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...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...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...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...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...sigh. Their name, their years, spell'd by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ;' Ev'n from...
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Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: With Notices of the Early History of Eton College

Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 528 pages
...a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...Forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er rcsign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind !...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1850 - 466 pages
...sigh. Their names, th^r years, spelled by the unlettered MOM, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned; — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor cast one longing, lingavng look...
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