 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...fretted v.iult The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
 | 1813 - 750 pages
...JOHN PBINCE SMITH, Esq. Barrister at Law. ** Can storied urn, or animated bust, " Back to its mansión call the fleeting breath? ""' Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust? " Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ?" JNío ! — This sad pile Mackinnon's worth records;... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected...Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to cxtacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich' with the spoils... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...praise. Can story'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the...of death ? "Perhaps, in this neglected spot is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire : Hands that the roA of empire might have swayM, Or wak'd... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the siienttinst, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death-? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once . regnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have svvay'il Orwak'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...service high, and anthem clear." II Pens. 16S. W. VOL. I. *: Can storied urn, or animated bust, % Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's...of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid 45 Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | 1817 - 710 pages
...knows well how to appreciate the maxim of the pensive Gray : Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, [death ? Or Flattery sooth the dull cold earth of The subject of this Memoir was the only sister of... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1819 - 398 pages
...preserved a: spotless character. • . r "' .''J Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansions call the fleeting breath ? • Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, ,| ! Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death? The CHURCHYARD is also worthy of a visit, to view the family-vault,... | |
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If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke... 
