 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 Seiten
...sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. And thou who, mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost in these notes their artless tale relate, By night... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 Seiten
...and lonely contemplation led To wander in the gloomy walks of fates Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...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... | |
 | 1810 - 702 Seiten
...the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. '> i < " Yet e'en these bones from Insult to protect, / . . ; Some frail memorial still erected...deck'd ; Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." • : . i The stranger who, in days to come, shall visit our shore, will exclaim, show me the statue... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 Seiten
...pur-' sued a quiet, unnoticed course of life. XIX. " Yet ev^n these bones from insult to protect, Pome frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. xx. ; .. , " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletlcr'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 Seiten
...accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still erected nigh...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 Seiten
...sequester'd vale of life They keep the noiseless tenour of their way. f Yet e'en these hones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing trihute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt hy th' uuletter'd Mu«» The place of Fame and Elegy... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 Seiten
...sequefter'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way* Yet e'en these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and (hapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 Seiten
...sequester'd vale of life : They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; . . '. . '.i And many• ab•oly text arpund... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...copv. Tl following stania wa* excluded with th« other altaratioi.. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th* unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach... | |
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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 moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er... 
