 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...sculpture 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...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...deck'd. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th'unleiter•tl muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many...moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, • . Thjs pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd. Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...sculpture dvck'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...teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgeifulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...sculpture 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...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... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, tneir years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetiulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, •Left the warm precincts of the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...sculpture 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...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ?... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...sculpture 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...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elogy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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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Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 
