 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 trang
...brayVf 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.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 trang
...fame and elogy 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?... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 trang
...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 ?... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1822 - 246 trang
...from Gray's Elegy, written in a country church yard, are distinguished by a happy choice of words. " For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing...resigned ? Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor east one longing, lingering look behind?" The words longing and lingering express most forcibly... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 trang
...endless wishes room ; But through the cool sequesler'd vale of life Pursue the silent tenor of thy doom. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing" anxious being" e'er resign'el, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful llav, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 trang
...clashing 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, Hrig'ring look behind?... | |
 | 1822 - 418 trang
...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, ling'ring look behind... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 trang
...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, ling'ring look behind... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 716 trang
...melancholy reigns. In the succeeding lines, the sound of the verse is made to imitate reluctance of mind. 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... | |
 | 1847 - 390 trang
...children of the kingdom. " For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being ere resigned ; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful...day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?" — Gray. So sings one, who here at least speaks the language of the earth. Contrast the language of... | |
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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 longing, lingering look behind... 
