 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd 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...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 440by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet cv'n these bones from insult to protect, Somo frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' nnletter'd Muse, Tin: place of fame and elegy supply : And many... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pages
...lenm'd "> stray; Alnng the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless Uuiour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rh vines and shapeless sculpture Implores tbv passing tribute of a sigh, [deck'd, Et generis jactatus... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...stray;' With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Their names, their years, spelt by th'unletter'dM use, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...Along the cool sequestcr'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet \\ et ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, 'ith uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name,... | |
 | 1811 - 558 pages
...which the humblest pay to the most humble. " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, " Some trail memorial still erected nigh; " With uncouth rhymes...deck'd; " Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." ' The stranger who, in days to come, shall visit our shore, will exclaim, ' show me the statue of your... | |
 | 1811 - 450 pages
...earth that covers it. 'Tis the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. " Yet e'en those bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh ; With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'ds Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." " The stranger, who in days to come, shall visit our... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd va!e of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way, Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect •'Some...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...to stray — Along1 the cool sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt bj th' unklterM muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. . Yet ev'n these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by l.li' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, AVith uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their... | |
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