 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre Noue ompany their admiral for some time longer. As they proceeded, the indications liue which, dying, he could wish to blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to... | |
 | George Long - 1845 - 264 pages
...found of a decidedly immoral tendency. It was justly said of Thomson, that his writings contained " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which dying he could wish to blot." The same praise may be justly given to Mr. Wordsworth ; and perhaps a few (it is to be feared but few)... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...which was brought upon the stage for the benefit of the poet's family : — " His chaste muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions...inspire : Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, No line which, dying, he conid wish to hlot." A rare eulogy, more especially when the character of... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 pages
...place among the British poets, and which contain, as he himself has characterized those of Thomson,— "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought,— One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." The younger Lyttleton wrote verses also ; but his, though not quite without merit, had to be banished... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1848 - 320 pages
...Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own. JAMES R. LOWELL. 39. Thomson's chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre, None...immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he would wish to blot. LYTTELTON— ,TVofo;fi(« to Coriolamts. 40. Elliott, strong poet of the wedlock... | |
 | James Thomson - 1849 - 772 pages
...house, with just applause, You heard him teaeh fair Virtue's purest laws. For his ehaste Muse employU her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not one immoral, one eorrupted thought, One line whieh, dying, he eould wish to blot. O, rnay to-night your favourable doom... | |
 | James Thomson - 1850 - 800 pages
...house, with just applause, You heard him teaeh fair Virtue's purest laws. For his ehaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire ; Not one immoral, one eorrupted thought, One line whieh, dying, he eould wish to blot. O, may to-night your favourable doom... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...Oft in this crowded house, with just applause, You heard him teach from Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...house, with lust applause You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws; For his chaste Muse employ'd h o ` ' ފ ''> c Zu6^ | / ՙ7 8 | w /y s ǿ ۏ Oh, may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel odd to grace his tomb: Hears not the feeble voice... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...applause. You heard him teach from Virtuc's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior now... | |
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Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. 
