 Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.  Selections from the British Poets - Page 352edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Library, John Baxter - Agriculture - 1830 - 594 pages
...as a symbol of that immortality which they hoped and expected for the person there deposited :— " Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,...in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." — GRAY. APPENDIX. Suspended Animation —... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. Beneath those rugged...in many a mouldering heap Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing mom, The... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...destroyed by that insidious disease — consumption. " Beneath these rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap ;...for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." — It is, however, the shaft or pillar of the Font in the church to which I wish at present... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms,...The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, • .-' :.i The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...Beneath those nigged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, 5. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn. The swallow,...echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. 6. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care;... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1834 - 698 pages
...early morning which must ever keep it company. " Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each...sleep. " The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, THE SHEEP. Of equal antiquity in a domesticated state with the ox, forming the pastoral wealth of the children... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. . 4. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,...in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. 5. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn,... | |
 | Orville Dewey - Europe - 1836 - 272 pages
...On one side were the following stanzas : — " Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, ' Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each...echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed." Another side bore these : — '' One morn I miss'd him from the 'custom'd bill, Along the... | |
 | Orville Dewey - Europe - 1836 - 760 pages
...to. On one side were the following stanzas : — " Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each...forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-hreathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-huilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion,... | |
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