 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 psl.
...rejected stanzas equal to any in the whole Elegy. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...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 - 1800 - 302 psl.
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th" unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? Hark I how the sacred calm, that breathes around,... | |
 | 1800 - 322 psl.
...sculpture Implores the passing tribute of'a sigh. Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many...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?... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 psl.
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. xx. ; .. , " Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletlcr'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many...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... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 psl.
...Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. \? -. . » Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse. The place of fame, and elegy supply ; And many...forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resiga'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling' ring look behind?... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 psl.
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...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 ?... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 psl.
...shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th* unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply,...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 ?... | |
 | 1806 - 330 psl.
...deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, H 145 Their names, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many...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?... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 psl.
...shapeless sculpture deckd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Theiç name, their years , spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply...who , to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing ajaxious.beiag e'er resign'd. Sur de rians climats répande l'abondance , ; , Dans les yeux des humains... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 psl.
...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the chearful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ?... | |
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Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered 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... 
