 | Scepticism - 1814 - 258 σελίδες
...a state, which they know by experience, to be fertile in blessings. " For who to dull forgetfulncss a prey, •' This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned ; " Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, " Nor cast one longing ling'riug look behind ?"* That a desperate sinner, too impatient to bear... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 σελίδες
...being e'er resign'd, 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 ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted... | |
 | 1814 - 310 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 316 σελίδες
...in his turn not to be overlooked as a trifler, or as a labourer about nothing, operose nihil agendo. 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 I... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 σελίδες
...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 ot the cheerful day, Nor 1 cast one longing, ling'ring, look behind... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 544 σελίδες
...lately purchased in the burying-ground on the Calton. 9 Mr. Hume died at Edinburgh, August 25th, 1776. " 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?"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 σελίδες
...bray'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?... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 σελίδες
...to dumb forgeifulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look...breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 σελίδες
...e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ; Pi or cast one longing, ling'ring iook behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies ;' Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; K'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'eu in our ashes live their wonted... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 σελίδες
...bray'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, lingering look behind.... | |
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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 resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor... 
