Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine. To thee no sculptur'd tomb could prove so dear. As the fond tribute of a sister's tear ; For earth, who shelters in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the mortal race, No heart in all that... The village curate, and other poems - Page xxviby James Hurdis - 1810Full view - About this book
| James Hurdis - English poetry - 1819 - 168 pages
...William Hayley, Esq. jlurdis ! ingenuous Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine 5 To thee no sculptur'd tomb could prove so dear, As...known, Whose love fraternal could surpass thine own. THE VILLAGE CURATE. Dinn relego scripsisse pudet, quia plurima cerno, He quoquc qui feci judice, tlignu... | |
| 1809 - 536 pages
...Poet and Divine! A. tenrter sanctity of thought was thine ; To thee no sculptur'd tomb could provB so dear, As the fond tribute of a Sister's tear. For earth, who shelteis in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the mortal race, No heart in all that multitude... | |
| John Cole - 1821 - 78 pages
...and Divine" on whose tomb stone are these lines, by his friend, Hayley : •• To tbee no ecnlptnr'd tomb could prove so dear, As the fond tribute of a sister's tear. For earth, who skelters in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the mortal race, No heart in all that multitude... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 260 pages
...erected to his memory in Bishopstone church, with the following epitaph by his friend William Hay ley: " Hurdis ! ingenuous poet and divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine ; To thee no sculptured tomb could prove so dear, As the fond tribute of a sister's tear; For Earth, who shelters... | |
| Englishmen - Great Britain - 1863 - 912 pages
...memory in Bishopstone church, with the following epitaph by his friend William Hay ley: " Hurdis I ingenuous poet and divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine ; To thee no sculptured tomb could prove so dear, As the fund tribute of a sister's tear; For Earth, who shelters... | |
| Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1867 - 280 pages
...here placed by his four sisters. He died Dec. 23rd, 1801, aged 38 years. Tablet. " Hnrdis! ingenious poet and divine! A tender sanctity of thought was thine, To thee no sculptured tomb could prove so dear, As the fond tribute of a sister's tear, For earth, who shelters,... | |
| Magdalen College (University of Oxford) - Oxford (England) - 1881 - 626 pages
...tablet was here placed by his four sisters. He died Dec. 23rd, 1801, aged 38 years. Hurdis ! ingenious Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was...multitude has known, Whose love fraternal could surpass thy own. W. HAYLEY. In tender remembrance of Miss Catharine Hurdis, an affectionate sister, affectionately... | |
| Magdalen College (University of Oxford) - Oxford (England) - 1881 - 476 pages
...tablet teas here placed by his four sisters. U« died Dec. 28rd, 1801, aged 38 yean. Hurdis! ingenious Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was...the mortal race, No heart in all that multitude has knoien, In tender remembrance of Miss Catharine Hurdis, an affectionate sister, affectionately lamented.... | |
| Archaeology - 1903 - 312 pages
...Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, Henpoje Legje slevb 1n "Sisbopstone Church " Hurdis, ingenious poet and divine, A tender sanctity of thought was thine : To thee, no sculptured tomb could prove so dear As the fond tribute of a sister's tear. For earth, who shelters... | |
| Harry Kemp - English poetry - 1927 - 482 pages
...an epitaph ranking among his best— A tender sanctity of thought was thine; To thee no sculptured tomb could prove so dear As the fond tribute of a...shelters in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the human race, No heart in all that multitude has known Whose love fraternal could surpass thine own."... | |
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