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" Let vanity adorn the marble tomb With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, In the deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, Where night and desolation ever frown. Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With... "
Pictorial History of the County of Lancaster: With One Hundred and Seventy ... - Page 114
by Cyrus Redding - 1844 - 338 pages
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The Stranger; Or, the New Man of Feeling. [The Dedication Signed: J. C*********.

J. C. - 1806 - 156 pages
...deep dungeon of some gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown, " Mine be the breesy hill that skirts the down ; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave, A FRAGMENT. I took leave of my young friend...
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Translations Chiefly from the Greek Anthology: With Tales and Miscellaneous ...

Epigrams, Greek - 1806 - 312 pages
...supposing that the poet did but put his own wish into the mouth of his hermit. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on...
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The Wreath: Containing The Minstrel and Other Favorite Poems, to which is ...

1806 - 184 pages
...deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine he the hreeay hill that skirts the down; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet hestrown, " Fast hy a hrook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; " And many an evening sun shine sweetly...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...of some Gothick dome, Where Nig-ht and Desolation ever frown ! Mine be the breezy hill that ikirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; And many an evening «un sliiije sweetly...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...Where Night and Desolation «ver frown ! Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a groen -grassy turf is all ;I crave, With here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave i And many an evening sim thine sweetly on...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Late ..., Volume 1

Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pages
...deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, " Where a green grassy turf...bestrewn, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; * And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave." * It was his supreme delight to saunter in...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including ..., Volume 1

Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - College teachers - 1807 - 572 pages
...Gray's Elegy in a Country Church Yard, in which the same thought occurs. V Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, " Where a green grassy turf...violet bestrewn, , " Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring1 wave ; '•' And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave."' It was his supreme delight...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 3-4

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...of some Gothic dome, Where Night and Desolation ever frown I Mine be the breezy bill that skirts (he down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With...bestrewn, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring ware; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.' " It was his supreme delight to saunter in...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie ...: Including Many of ...

Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 412 pages
...deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; " And many an evening sun shine sweetly...
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The Minstrel: In Two Books, with Some Other Poems, Volume 2

James Beattie, James Hay Beattie - Scottish poetry - 1807 - 212 pages
...deep dungeon of some Gothick dome, Where night and desolation ever frown : Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrown , Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on...
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