 Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to urge his way, Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? LANCHORHZ.  Old mortality - Страница 5по Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - 347 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 страници
...of Robert Paterson, the ' Old Mortality ' of Sir Walter Scott, who was buried here February 1801. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil, Through Death's...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ?" — ED.] these mottoes in verse, there are in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, several... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 страници
...else, the o'ergrown paths of time " Would thus the lettered sage explore, 58 THE FABLES OF FLORA. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's...long-asserted spoil, " And lead OBLIVION into day? " Tis NATURE prompts, hy toil or fear " Unmoved, to range thro' death's domain: " The 'tender parent... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 страници
...explore, " With pain thefe crumhling ruins «limh, " And on the douhtfol fculpture pore ? " Why fecks he with unwearied toil, " Through Death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long-aft'erted fpoil " 'Tis Nature prompts, hy toil or fear 'l Unmov'd, to range through Death's domain:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 страници
...letterM sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climb, And on the doubtful sculpture pore -. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day " 'Tis Nature prompts, by toil or fear Unmov'd, to range through death's domain ; The tender parent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 страници
...letter'd sage explore, " With pain these cmmbh'ng ruins climb, " And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long asserted spoil, " And lead oblivion into day ? " 'Tis nature prompts, by toil or fear " Unmov'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 страници
...letter'd sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climb, ' And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? " Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to urge hig way, Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? " 'Tis Nature prompts, by toil... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 278 страници
...letter'd sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climh, And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? ' Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through Death's dim walks to urge his way, Reclaim his long asserted spoil, And lead Oblivion into day ? ' Tis Nature prompts, by toil or fear Unmoved, to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 422 страници
...to restore it. Cooper Climent's business continued to languish, and he died in a state of poverty. OLD MORTALITY. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Why seeks he...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? LANCHORHZ. " MOST readers," says the Manuscript of Mr Pattieson, " must have witnessed with delight... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 470 страници
...climb, And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? * Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walk to urge his way, Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, And lead Oblivion into day ?' BY LOBD MORPETH.X I WAS well acquainted with two young men who made their first appearance in the... | |
 | Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1838 - 42 страници
...more frequently a kind of wooden noose resembling a muzzle. ' « OLD MORTALITY. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? LANGHORIÍE. "Most readers," says the manuscript of Mr. Pattieson, "must have witnessed with delight... | |
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