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 in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire... Choice Literature: For Grammar Grades - Page 2521898Full view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation... | |
| 1858 - 460 pages
...anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul...live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If, chance, by lonely contemplation... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerfulday, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul...Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted tires. GRAY. THE DEPARTED DAUGHTER. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul...Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.2 For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate... | |
| Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? 23 On some fond breast the parting soul relies; Some pious...cries; E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. 24. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day. Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul...Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.2 For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate... | |
| Greek - 1859 - 568 pages
...spirit seems even to survive their breath." Compare the exquisitely beautiful lines of GRAY : — " On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires." Animula, vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque corporis ! Quae mine ablins in loca, Pallidula, frigida,... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1859 - 486 pages
...ladies — after which he mounted, and followed the troop at the top of his horse's speed. CHAPTER X. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious...cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. Gray THE possessions of Mr. Wharton extended to some distance on each side of the house in which he... | |
| Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...resign' d, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind 1 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation... | |
| James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...passion cease; In still small accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee,... | |
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