 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 resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Pagina 117door Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 154 pagina’s
...vicino, D' incolte rime, e rozze forme sculto, Qualche sospir richiede al peregrine. xx. XX. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deckM, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Qvofiar', r]S' frf' fv6a, ra yap fiova Xcix/rava -rr\va>v,... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pagina’s
...the latter, as he looks at the place of his rest among his lowly kindred, exclaims : — " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect. Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Wit h uncouth thymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, . Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. " Their... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pagina’s
...learn'd to stray-; Along the cool, sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some...passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spell'd by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 pagina’s
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead; and hence they thought, when Mary,... | |
 | THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pagina’s
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing trihute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead ; and hence they... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pagina’s
...,•?.*"• Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 20 Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...* '• With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. ,_ 21 Their names, their years, spoiled by the unlettered... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pagina’s
...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet, even these bones from insult (o 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, spelled by the unlettered Muse,... | |
 | Henry Hudson Holly - 1993 - 268 pagina’s
...trees, and among moss-covered gravestones, " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." " Yet c'eti these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." Hard by stands the church. The ivy has crept quite... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pagina’s
...leamed to stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered... | |
 | Wendell Mayo - 1996 - 132 pagina’s
...laugh. You see? There will be plenty of stories, plenty from now on, plenty to tell the priest. Soledad Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some...sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. — Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Church- Yard" I pulled myself together, of course. What... | |
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