 That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my...  The Polyanthos - Page 1821807Full view - About this book
 | 1802 - 520 pages
...Wedding and Bedding, or John Bull and his poetical MEMOIRS OF MRS. CHAPONE *. So may some gentle Muse, With lucky words favour my destined urn; And as he...Peace be to my sable shroud. MRS. CHAPONE, who died at Hadley, in Middlesex, December the 25th, 1801, in her 75th year, has long been known to the public,... | |
 | 1802 - 524 pages
...Wedding and Bedding, or John Bull and his poetical MEMOIRS OF MRS. CHAPONE So may lome gentle Muse, With lucky words favour my destined urn; And as he...Peace be to my sable shroud. MRS. CHAPONE, who died at Hadley, in Middlesex, December the 25th, 1801, in her 75th year, has long been known to the public,... | |
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1803 - 462 pages
...exalts humanity ! ON THE DEATH OF BURNS. " So may some gentle Muse " With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; " And as he passes, turn, " And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud!" MILTON. HAT adverse fate awaits the tuneful train ! Has OTWAY died and SPENCER liv'd in vain ? In vain... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pages
...of the race of such pestilent beings as himself ! MEMOIRS OF MRS. CHAPONE. So may some gentle muse, With lucky words favour my destined urn; And as he...peace be to my sable shroud. MRS. CHAPONE, who died at Hadley, in Middlesex, December the 25th, 1801, in her 75th year, has long been known to the public,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse: So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nurst upon the self -same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...with denial vain, and eoy excuse : So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn; 20 And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were rurst upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill* Together... | |
 | 1815 - 456 pages
...Fast Asleep, by T. Canning, 8vo. poetical VOL. I. MEMOIRS OF MRS CHAPONE*. So may some gentle Muse, With lucky words favour my destined urn; And as he...Peace be to my sable shroud. MRS. CHAPONE, who died at Hadley, in Middlesex, December the 25th, 1801, in her 75th year, has long been known to the public,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...denial vain, and coy excuse : i . So may some gentle Muse ! •; With lucky words favour my destin'd urn ; ' ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. i „ For we were nurs'd upon the self-same hill, ^ '. Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...Cambridge. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse : So may some gentle Muse "With lucky words favor my destined urn ; And, as he passes, turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-s'ame hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together... | |
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