 | 1781 - 516 pages
...longing, ling'ring look behind ? On fome fond breaft the parting fonl relies, Some pious drops the doting eye requires; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our afhes live their wonted fires. For For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd dead Doft in thefe lines... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...ling' ring , look behind ? On fome fond breaft the parting foul relies, Some pious drops the clofing eye requires : E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Doft in thefe line? their artlefs... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...ustnjMt n£ ^faf&)n vy . On, fome fond breaft the parting foul relies, Same pious drops the clofing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'.en: in our afhes live their wonted tires. For thee who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Doft in thefe lines their... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1798 - 130 pages
...ling'ring look behind? 88 On fome fond breaft the parting foul relies, Some pious drops the clofing eye requires; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our afiiesf live their wonted fires. 9i For thee, who, mindful of th" unhonour'd dead, Doft in thofe lines... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...longing ling'ring look behind ? On fome fond breaft the parting foul relies, Some pious drops the clofing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our afhes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Doft in thofe lines their... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling' ring look behind? B 3 32 ELEGY On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing...tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost in these lines therr artless... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 590 pages
...room in the Biographical Lives. Your remark upon the aukwardness of the poet's address to himself — For thee, who, mindful of th' nnhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate — is very just, and had quite escaped me. I was glad to see you concur with me in admiration of that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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...tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes* live their wonted fires. For thce, who mindful of th* unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless... | |
 | Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 pages
...devouring fangs of time. In contemplating Priestley's Memoirs of Dr. Priestley, we may truly exclaim ; " E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries. E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires!" for, in this work, we perceive little more than an iteration of the pernicious... | |
 | Francesco Petrarca - 1808 - 314 pages
...notes to Gray's Elegy, as giving the hint of the following stanza in it: 246 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing:...tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live' their wonted fires. Our poet, I believe, meant to say, that the warmth, and genius of his verse,... | |
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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 fires. For thee, who, mindful of th... 
