E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire... The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins - Page 441836Full view - About this book
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, • His... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Crushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, " There at the foot of... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...of Nature cries, Kv'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...we seen him at the peep, of dawn, " Brushing with basty steps the dew away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...lines their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, &c." Nothing can be conceived more truly ridiculous, in reading this passage, than quitting the melancholy... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...Nature cries , Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;...dews away , « To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. «There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, « That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , «... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd ceed ¿he rest of all her race " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
| William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thec, who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If ehanee, by lonely eontemplation st unknown, What need a man forestall his date of...fear, How bitter is sueh self-delusion ! I do not " There at the foot of yonder nodding beeeh, That wreathes its old fantastie roots so high, His listless... | |
| Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn : 100 we wished to be remembered by them in our absence : this would be expressed clearer, if the metaphorical... | |
| Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' nnhononrM dead, * * Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
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