 Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his old companions tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through...  Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell - Page 490edited by - 1850 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...Through breathing .statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kiugs! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire; The pealing organ, and the pausing choir; The duties by the lawn-rob' d prelate pay'd ; And the last words that dust to dust couvey'd ! While speechless o'er thy... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...breathing statues, then unheeded things, Til rough rows of warriors, and through walks of kings! What a«e did the slow solemn knell inspire; The pealing organ, and the pausing choir ; The duties by the lawn-rob' d prelate pay'd ; And the last words that dust to dust convey'd ! While speechless o'er thy... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...mansions of the dead, Thro' breathing statues, then unheeded things, Thro' rows of warriors, and thro' walks of kings. What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire! The pealing organ, and the solemn choir : The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate paid, And the last words that dust to dust convey'd.... | |
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...expression, in the above passage, was afterwards used by Tickell, in his lines on the death of Addison : " What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire, The pealing organ, and the pausing quire." And Pope certainly was indebted to Milton, for the idea of the following lines, " Where awful... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 628 pages
...tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings...pealing organ, and the pausing choir ; The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate pay'd ; And the last words, that dust to dust convey'd ! While speechless o'er thy... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 pages
...tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings...pealing organ, and the pausing choir ; The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate pay'd ; And the last words, that dust to dust convey'd ! While speechless o'er thy... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 pages
...tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire 1 The pealing organ, and the pausing choir; The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate pay'd ; And the last... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...once the reins of empire held.'-' TICK ELI, " Hands that the rod of empire might have held." GRAT. " What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire, The pealing organ, and the pausing choir !" TlCKELL. " The pealing anthem swells the note of praise." GRAY. Gray appears to have been a most... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 pages
...Through breathing statues, then unheeded things. Through rows of warriors, and through walks of king»! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire, The pealing organ, and the pausing choir I The duties by the lawn-rob'd prelate payM, And the last words, that dust to dust convey 'd! While... | |
 | Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - 1819 - 270 pages
...tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead ; Through breathing' statues, then unheeded things ; Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings...pausing choir ; The duties by the lawn-robed prelate payed ; And the last words that dust to dust conveyed ! While speechless o'er thy closing grave we... | |
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