 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 Seiten
...stray ; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse.... | |
 | 1828 - 614 Seiten
...hopes of those who have departed : — ." Their names, their years, spelt by the uulctter'd mu«e, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, Which teach the rustic moralist to die." Another, and not a minor argument, is deducible from the fact,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 Seiten
...mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. 5 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elejy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 6 For... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 Seiten
...protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of 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... | |
 | 1828 - 608 Seiten
...alas! there are but too many originals. THE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD. " Yet e'en these bones from intuit to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh. With uncouth rhymes and shapele»« sculpture declc'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigb. " Their names, their yearn,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 Seiten
...stray; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...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 text around she strews, That... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 Seiten
...stray : Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelled by the unlettered... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. •Between this and the preceding stanza, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the four following... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1839 - 320 Seiten
...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the apple-women's stalls away ! Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, He never lets the children play thereby. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him... | |
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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. 
