| English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...requires ; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...arovax^g- W. E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, 9* Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have... | |
| William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...of nature cries ; Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ~r " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...nature cries, Even iu our ashes live their wonted fires.10 For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...son! relies; Even in our ashes live their wonted firei. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dei Dost in these lines their artless tale relate If,...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews... | |
| Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...requires; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our Ashes live their wonted Fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn... | |
| John Guillory - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 422 pages
...("Thee," "swain," and "kindred spirit") as a means of shuttling between its imaginary temporal moments: For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead Dost...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say . . . (93-97) If the immediately following... | |
| John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...beautifully touch'd this natural circumstance in his church-yard elegy: For thee, who mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate: Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, &c. 'When Cowley,' says Dr. Johnson, 'tells... | |
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