| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1842 - 398 páginas
...decorations, exemplifying the sweet and truthful sentiment of the bard of the " Country Church Yard." " For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?" THE RETURN OF NAPOLEON FROM ST. HELENA. Ho ! City of the gay ! Paris ! what festal rite Doth call thy... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the peering tribute of a sigh. Their name, require* ; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires.... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 páginas
...shapeless sculptures deckt, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply...relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 páginas
...sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unlettered Muse, The place of fume and elegy supply j And many a holy text around she strews, That teach...parting soul relies ; Some pious drops the closing eve requires ; Even from the tomb thp voice of Jfature cries ; Even in our ashes live their wonted... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 páginas
...decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelled by the unld-ierM The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...resigned , — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor cast one longing, lingerng look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies ;... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For4 who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious...some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops5 the closing eye requires ; Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, Even in our ashes6... | |
| Sunset - 1845 - 120 páginas
...transition; to say nothing of the separation from every mortal delight and endearment which it involves : " For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ?" It is attended by anxious forehodings and guilty apprehensions, which nature knows not how to repress... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 páginas
...amiable sight; For of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body moke. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey. This pleasing...cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind Т On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires : Kv'u from... | |
| 1846 - 472 páginas
...to remain a little longer on the earth, which is never entirely obliterated from the human soul. " For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?" There is no part of the poem which has more claim to originality, and at the same time which is more... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 páginas
...kneel ; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish : What is the following stanza called ? For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing,...day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind? — Gray. Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy... | |
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