 | English literature - 1792 - 548 pages
...kindred crowd in fable forth Anil ¡if li, or feem to figh, around the bier; Tho' o'er his coflin, with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear; Rather rejoice, that bert, hit farrows cexfe, W horn ficknefs, age, and poverty opprefs'tl j Where Deaih, the Lereller,... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - Elegiac poetry, English - 1797 - 176 pages
...Configns to mingle with his kindred mold ? Mourn'ft thou, that here the time-worn fufferer ends Thofe evil days ftill threatening woes to come ; What tho'...by Fate, Thro' penury's rugged path his race he ran ; Rejoice, that tho' fevere his earthly doom, And rude, and fown with thorns the way he trod, Now,... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 370 pages
...an home? What tho' no kindred croud in sable forth, And sigh, or seem to sigh, around his bier; I0 Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear? * I have been told that I have incurred blame for having used in this short composition, terms that... | |
 | 1792 - 656 pages
...What tho' no kindred crowd in fable forth And figh, or fcem to figh, around the bier ; Tho' o'er hh coffin, with the humid earth, No children drop the unavailing tear ; Rather rejoice, that here hu (brrows ceafe, Whom iii k ni is, age, and poverty, op. preft ; [peace Where Death, the leveller,... | |
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Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear? Rather rejoice that here his sorrows cease, Whom sickness, age, and poverty oppress'd; Where Death, the Leveller, restores to peace The wretch who living knew not where to... 