E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain... The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse - Page 373edited by - 1926 - 727 pagesFull view - About this book
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...voice of nature cries, Ev'n ia our ashes live the wonted fires. For thee, v ho mindful of ih' unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. Haply some hoary headed swain may say, HY have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with hasty steps the... | |
| 1814 - 310 pages
...of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary -headed swain may say — " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. " Brushing with hasty steps... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted sires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps,... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...Haply some hoary headed swain may say, ' Oft' have we seen him at the peep of dawn • Brushingvrith hasty steps the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, • His listless length at noontide would he stretch, •... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Brunclc. : Ev'n from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, — VARIATIONS. Ver. 92. Ev'n, live] And, glow, Ms.... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...in a Country Churchyard, exhibits a fine picture of a melancholy man : Haply some hoary-headed sage may say, * Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,...dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.' Bat I must now leave the pleasing entertainment of poetry, to attend to the more instructive discussions... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 434 pages
...chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of...the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretcfc,... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted sires. For thte, who, mindful of the unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps,... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted sires. For thee, who, mindful of the unlionor'd dead, Does in these lines their artless tale relate, If chance,...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoarf headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps,... | |
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