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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... "
The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins - Page 44
1836
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Female Biography: Containing Notices of Distinguished Women, in Different ...

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - Women - 1836 - 526 pages
...us this truth in lines of transcendant beauty and force, which find a response in every breast : 1 For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...breast the parting soul relies; Some pious drops the elosing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries ; E'en in our ashes live their...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...nigh, Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply 5 And many a holy text around she strews—• That...resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing—lingering look behind ? Even from the tomb, the voice of Nature cries s...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee,...
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The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose ...

Ebenezer Bailey - Readers - 1841 - 416 pages
...sigh. Their name, their years, spelled by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; Aud many a holy text around she strews, That teach the...relies ; Some pious drops the closing eye requires : Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee,...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh,. | Their names', their years', spell'd by theunletter'd muse-,! The place of fame, and elegy, supply, ; | And many...forgetfulness a prey, | This pleasing, anxious being , e'er resign'd', | Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, | Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy...forgetfulness a prey. This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ?...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ?...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...deckt, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee,...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...decked, Implores the peering tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse 44 require* ; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires....
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unlettered Muse, The place of fume and elegy supply j And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...parting soul relies ; Some pious drops the closing eve requires ; Even from the tomb thp voice of Jfature cries ; Even in our ashes live their wonted...
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