 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 страници
...itself to him. Mr. Mason thinks the third of these rejected stanzas equal to any in the whole Elegy. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 страници
...erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th" unletter'd Muse,...she strews, That teach the rustic Moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts... | |
 | 1800 - 322 страници
...[deck'd, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of'a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...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... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 страници
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. xx. ; .. , " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletlcr'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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... | |
 | 1832 - 852 страници
...interment. Gray, in his beautiful and mischievous elegy, thus tells, indeed, of the unlettered muse : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. But tliis is not true. Holy texts are % rarely discoverable in cemeteries ; and, even when found, they... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 страници
...erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and (hapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 страници
...erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 страници
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names , their years , spelt by th' unletler'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...she strews , That teach, the rustic moralist to die. For -who, to dumb foreetfulness a prey, TI • i • T • i • ii ims pleasing anxious being e er... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 страници
...deck'd Implores the passing trihute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt hy th' uuletter'd Mu«» The place of Fame and Elegy supply : And many a holy...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumh forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious heing e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts... | |
 | 1806 - 330 страници
...uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, H 145 Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place...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... | |
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Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. 
