| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...clashing bray'd Horrible discord; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Sound imitating reluctance. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, Hrig'ring look behind?... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 584 pages
...endless wishes room ; But through the cool sequesler'd vale of life Pursue the silent tenor of thy doom. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing" anxious being" e'er resign'el, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful llav, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind... | |
| English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...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 resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...melancholy reigns. In the succeeding lines, the sound of the verse is made to imitate reluctance of mind. For who to dumb 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 Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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 resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
| George Dyer - 1824 - 702 pages
...turn, not to be overlooked as a trifler, or as a labourer about nothing ; — operose nihit agenda : " For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing;, anxious being e'er resign'd ? Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
| William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...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 resign 'd, .Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. • nce, and such grace The hand that form'd 'em on their shape hath pour'd resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...faîne 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 resigii'd, S'ils n'ont pas des destins affronté la menace, Fait tonner au Sénat leur éloquente audace,... | |
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