 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...brayVf Horrible discord ; and the madding' wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Sound Imitating Reluctance. For who, to- dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing...day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. SECTION VI. PARAGRAPHS OF GREATER LENGTH. Connubial Affection. THE love that cheers life's latest stage,... | |
 | 1821 - 456 pages
...cry, O do not leave me yet ! ©it ffiountry " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettei'd Muse, The place of fame, and Elegy supply : And many a holy...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of 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 the rustic moralists to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...trfmrcfiyarlr <&pitapfje. " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unfetter" d Muse, The place of Tame, and Elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die." GkAY's ELECv. IT is an incident worthy of remark, that the love of Fame, which so powerfully actuates... | |
 | 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
...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 a holy...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:—... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...clashing bray'd Horrible discord; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Sound imitating reluctance. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing...resign'd; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, Hrig'ring look behind? SECTION VI. -PARAGRAPHS OF GREATER LENGTH. Connubial... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 a holy...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...melancholy reigns. In the succeeding lines, the sound of the verse is made to imitate reluctance of mind. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...day, , Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? • We have now given sufficient openings into this subject : a moderate acquaintance with good writers,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettcr'd Muse, s bright Little inferior ; whom my thoughts pursue...shape hath pour'd. Ah gentie pair! ye little think day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
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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. 
