| 1792 - 112 pages
...ling' ring , look behind ? On fome fond breaft the parting foul relies, Some pious drops the clofing eye requires : E'en from the tomb the voice of nature...fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Doft in thefe line? their artlefs tale relate; If, chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling' ring look behind? B 3 32 ELEGY On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost in these lines therr artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spiiit shall inquire... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...anxious being e'er 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...cries, E'en in our ashes* live their wonted fires. For thce, who mindful of th* unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If chance,... | |
| Francesco Petrarca - 1808 - 314 pages
...cannot see, in the notes to Gray's Elegy, as giving the hint of the following stanza in it: 246 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious...cries, E'en in our ashes live' their wonted fires. Our poet, I believe, meant to say, that the warmth, and genius of his verse, when he and his mistress... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...anxious being e'er 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...requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, B'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th' unhonor'd dead, Dost... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetful ness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd,...relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires j Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n iu our ashes live their wonted fires '. ' Ch'i... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pages
...the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting sou! relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires;...thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead. Dost in the** lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulne» a prey, " This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd,...look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Sume pious drops the closing eye requires ; Kv'u from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'o... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...to dumb Forgctfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious bcinsj e'er re>ign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our a»hcs live their wonted tires '. 3 Ch'i... | |
| George Dyer - 1814 - 394 pages
...as a trifler, or as a labourer about nothing, operose nihil agenda. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd,...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of nature cries; Ev'ii in our ashes live their wonted fires. — ^ And... | |
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