 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 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...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind 7 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...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 a holy...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... | |
 | 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
...solemnity of these homes of the departed. " Their names, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, " The place of Fame and Elegy supply ; " And many a...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... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 396 pages
...leave me yet ! ON COUNTRY CHURCHYARD EPITAPHS. " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'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... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - Derbyshire (England) - 1824 - 420 pages
...solemnity of these homes of the departed. " Their names, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, " The place of Fame and Elegy supply ; " And many a...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... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
..."Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of Fame and Elegy supply: And many ft holy text around 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... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...deck'U, Implores the passing tribute ot a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...day ; Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind r On some fond breast the parting soul relies ; * ' Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; */... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 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...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being ere resign'd, Left the. warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling' ring look behind... | |
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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. 
