 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life 75 They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. % Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : VARIATIONS.... | |
 | 1817 - 632 pages
...mémorial still erecled nigh, ^V~ith iuicoui.il rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores thé passiug tribute of a sigh. - - ; . Their name , their years , spelt by th' unletter'd muse The place of famé and elegy snpply ; And many a hôly test around she strews 1 liai, teach thé rustic moralist... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With unconth rhymes and shapeless sculpture dvck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...stray — Along the cool setiwster'd vale of life, They kept tf.e noisekss tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, • • Some frail memorial still erected nigh, \\ ith uncouth riij 'mes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the pasting tribute of a sigh. Their... | |
 | 1829 - 632 pages
...drawn a picture, to which, alas ! there are but too many originals. THE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD. " 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. " Their names, their years, spelt by th' unlettered... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...way. Yet e'en these bones from intuit to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigli, Withuncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. The'ir name, their year*, spelt by the unleller'd muse, The pla"e of fame and elt-gy supply ; And many a holy text around... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...stray — Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With unciuth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...stray—- Along the cool seqnester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en the'se bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, .With uncotth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the pasting tribute of a sigh. T"heir name,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...noiseless tenonr of their way. Yet cv'n these bonus from insult to protect, Some frail memorial siill erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture...spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elogy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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 frail memorial still erected nigh, [deck'd, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their... | |
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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... 
