 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...faîne 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, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, S'ils n'ont pas des destins affronté la menace, Fait tonner au Sénat leur éloquente audace, D'un... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1832 - 442 pages
...pure and holy faith be thus evil spoken of! Rapturous deaths we consider unnatural to humanity, — For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign' d— Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...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, -• ? This pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...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, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day. Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? for thee, who,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...clashing brav'd Horrible discord; and the madding wheels Of brazen fury rag'd. Sound imitating reluctance. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind? SECTION VI. PARAGRAPHS... | |
 | Legacy - Women - 1827 - 332 pages
...ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen3 And waste its sweetness on the desert air. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling' ring look behind.-' LYRIC poetry... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? On some fond breast... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...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, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign 'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1827 - 386 pages
...He was interred yesterday, at a place he lately purchased in the bury, ing-ground on the Gallon. u For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind!"... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...and elejy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 6 For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behmd ? 7 On some fond... | |
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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. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... 
