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 prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy - Page 205by Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...ktely purchased in the burying ground on the Calton. " For who, to dumb forgetfnlness a prey, Tliis pleasing, anxious being, e'er resign'd, Left the warm...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? " A monument on that airy elevated cemetery, which, on account of a magnificent terrace now carried... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 pages
...at a place he lately purchased in the burying ground on the Calton. " For who, to dumb forgetfulnesa a prey, This pleasing, anxious being, e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor east one longing, lingering look behind?" A monument on that airy elevated cemetery, which,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...Battle. Horrible discord ; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Arms on armour clashing bray'd This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd ; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ' Sound -imitating reluctance. For who, to dumb forgetfulness... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...œil, apercevant le ténébreux séjour, Ne jette un long regard vers l'enceinte du jour ? ххп. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? >iû> TLV гф OVTIS ¿SaKpvrl ф[\<а ave pos &<r<Tf rus imévcpûe (pvais ràv <f>a>vàv f¡Kev... | |
| Edward Mammatt - 1839 - 564 pages
...remembrance of those moments sweet, Fleeting in idlesse under verdurous shade. PART I. " For who, to dull forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ?" Elegy in a Country Churchyard. O ! TRUTH, thou art a fearful thing, A seraph with such dazzling... | |
| James Chapman - 378 pages
...Contemplation dwells, And ever-musing Melancholy reigns. 9. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, T|ns pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd ; Left the warm...day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. 10 O now for ever Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troops,... | |
| Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 308 pages
...centrally Augustan in its concerns, and gives us some valuable clues to the rest of Augustan poetry. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious...being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind? (lines 85-8) On a universal level, that speaks... | |
| Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - 1991 - 292 pages
...Country Church Yard, 1751,1. 88; the narrator, contemplating the gravestones in the churchyard, asks: For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious...being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind? See "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard,"... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious...resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| Stephanie Sandler - 1999 - 388 pages
...around she strews, r That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, 85 This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies,... | |
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