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" Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap. Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from... "
Poetical reader suitable for the fourth standard of elementary schools ... - Page 118
edited by - 1881
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...che si muore. Dante, Purgat, 1. 8. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow tvvitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share....
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share....
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share....
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...Geo. ii. 523. and the elegiac Muse of Gray has imbibed the very spirit of the Roman: For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply...sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Thomson has thus depicted circumstances of a congenial nature : Jri vain for him the officious...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
..." The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow .twitt'ring from her straw-built shed, Xhe cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. Breezy call — the call of the breeze.— The wind in poetry is faid to murmur — to whisper,...
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The Literary journal, Volume 2

1803 - 400 pages
...Progress of Poesy, v. QS. again in the Elegy : " For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busv housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to...sire's return; Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share." V. 21 . " At jam non domus accipiet te laeta ; neque uxor Optima ; nee dulces occurrent...
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The Works of Thomas Chatterton ...: Poems attributed to Rowley

Thomas Chatterton - 1803 - 564 pages
...thtfarsaltn hall of merriment. * The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from her straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. Graf. i* ECLOGUE THE FOURTH. Shall trum the lessel rouze the foxe awaie ; I'll seke the...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, 1-he rude t'i»rUallHns of the. hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb hisjcnees ihe envied kiss to share....
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shedj The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn , No...evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return , Jj DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. Book vij. Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care : [39] This verse seems to have strong features of similarity with the following in Collin's...
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