| English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...deck.*<l Implores the paffing tribute of a figh. Their name, »heir years, fpelt by the unletter'd Mtife, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around me ftrews, That t»ach the ruflic moralitl. to die. For who to dumb Forgetfalnefs a prey, This pleafing... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...[deck'd, Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd The place of fame and elegy fiipply ; [Mufe, And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moralift to die. j For who to dumb Forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign.d, Left the warm precinfts... | |
| George Wright (author of The rural Christian.) - 1788 - 326 pages
...or forty years*. I might, perhaps, go a lit* Their names, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply ! And many a holy text around fhe lirews, That teach, the lu'lUt moralift to die. CRAY'S EL tor. VOL. I. D tie tie higher ; but here,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1788 - 738 pages
..." The fwallow twitt'ring from her draw-built ihed :" * Ni Prague rafoatant lei maux defafamille.' " For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd ?" ' En depit de HOI maux, qui de nous en effet Ke trou<vt du plaijir a gemir fur la terre ?' " On... | |
| Great Britain - 1786 - 460 pages
...defire, fo natural to the heart of man—and which is fo beautifully defcribed in. the lines of Gray : " For who, to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey, " This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd, u Left the warm precin&s of the chearful day,. '' Nor caft one longing.fingering look behmd !! And... | |
| Books - 1788 - 750 pages
..." The fwallow twitt'ring from her draw-built Shed :" * Ni Progne racontant lei maux de jafamille' " For who to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey This pleafing anxious being e'er refiyn'd ?" ' En depil de not maux, qui tie nous en cjjfet f?e trouve d:i flaijir a gtmir fur la terre... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 454 pages
...the pailing tribute of a figh. , -''..• ' Their name, their years, ipelt by th' unlettër'd Mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy...teach the ruftic moralift to die. For who to dumb Forgetfiilnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm precincb of the cheartul... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...deck'd, Implores the palling tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd Mufc, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy...teach the ruftic moralift to die. For who, to dumb forget fulnefs a prey, This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd, Left the warm precinfts of the ehearful... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...deck'cT, Implores the paffing tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd Mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moraliit to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulnefs a prey, This pleafmg anxious being e'er refign'd. Left... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...deck'd , Implores the pafling tribute of a figh. Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply ; And many a holy text around she ftrews , That teach the ruflic moralift to die. For who , to dumb forgetfulnefs a prey , This pleafmg... | |
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