 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
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 154 pages
...sasso vicino, D' incolte rime, e rozze forme sculto, Qualche sospir richiede al peregrine. xx. XX. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deckM, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Qvofiar', r]S' frf' fv6a, ra yap fiova Xcix/rava -rr\va>v,... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pages
...bard of the latter, as he looks at the place of his rest among his lowly kindred, exclaims : — " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect. Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Wit h uncouth thymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, . Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. " Their... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 pages
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead; and hence they thought, when Mary,... | |
 | THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...to be seen by men ;" and our Lord traces them all to the principle of vain ostentation. " Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing trihute of a sigh." The Jews were in the habit of visiting the sepulchres of the dead ; and hence they... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...,•?.*"• Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 20 Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...* '• With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. ,_ 21 Their names, their years, spoiled by the unlettered... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet, even these bones from insult (o protect, Some frail memorial, still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelled by the unlettered Muse,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...learn' d to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tcnour 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 the unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...flame. 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 th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many... | |
 | Henry Hudson Holly - 1993 - 268 pages
...trees, and among moss-covered gravestones, " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." " Yet c'eti these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." Hard by stands the church. The ivy has crept quite... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered... | |
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