 | 1812 - 1020 pages
...memorial stil! erected nigh, July 1812, With uncouth rhymes, and shhpless sculpture cteck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd ? J.ct't the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 382 pages
...— The paths of folly lead but to disgrace. Yes ; still my name to rescue from neglect, Some fra'l memorials that on bookstalls lie, With uncouth rhymes...longing, ling'ring look behind ? On some frail prop sedition still relies, Some pioas souls its frustrate arm admires ; E'ln from the grave its fetid stench... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1812 - 372 pages
...most base. Await alike exposure, dreaded power !— The paths of folly lead but to disgrace. Yen •, still my name to rescue from neglect, Some frail memorials...the passing tribute of a sigh. /, For who, to dumb forget fcilness a prey, Such' pleasing transient laurels e'er resjgn'd, Left his proud height, the... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
...Ladye being in the immediate foreground. At our feet lie numberless memorials of the dead, which — " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implore the passing tribute of a sigh." This ground was a place of sepulture long before the Conquest, and has only recently been closed by... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 516 pages
...Ladye being in the immediate foreground. At our feet lie numberless memorials of the dead, which — " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implore the passing tribute of a sigh." This ground was a place of sepulture long before the Conquest, and has only recently been closed by... | |
 | Henry Davies - 1843 - 262 pages
...Gray's stanzas: " Yet er'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh ; With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implore the passing tribute of a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by the unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many... | |
 | 514 pages
...Ladye being in the immediate foreground. At our feet lie numberless memorials of the dead, which — " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implore the passing tribute of a sigh." This ground was a place of sepulture long before the Conquest, and has only recently been closed by... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 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... | |
 | 1888 - 344 pages
...paths of folly lead but to disgrace. Yes ; still my name to rescue from neglect, Some frail memorial that on bookstalls lie, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless...Implore the passing tribute of a sigh. For who, to dumb fcrgetfulness a prey, Such pleasing transient laurels e'er resign'd, Left his proud height, the idol... | |
 | Belfast Naturalists' Field Club - 1894 - 696 pages
...mournful task. " Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implore* the passing tribute of a sigh." - This church must have been of importance at an early date, as it is of great size and strength, being... | |
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Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires... 
