A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardJ. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - 148 pages |
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... once printed off for publication . So stands the argument on one side ; but ΠΑΝΤΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΣΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ , shrewd Sextus has told us . 2 as the But , whatever may be the editor's opi- nion with respect to the authenticity of the ...
... once printed off for publication . So stands the argument on one side ; but ΠΑΝΤΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΣΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ , shrewd Sextus has told us . 2 as the But , whatever may be the editor's opi- nion with respect to the authenticity of the ...
Page ix
... once intended to print the Cri- ticism in a manner resembling the edi- tions of Festus , which distinguish , by a difference of character , the unimpaired passages in the original , from the supple- ments and interpolations . But ...
... once intended to print the Cri- ticism in a manner resembling the edi- tions of Festus , which distinguish , by a difference of character , the unimpaired passages in the original , from the supple- ments and interpolations . But ...
Page x
... singed . The characters were in part le- gible , being marked in a pale white , spreading over a livid ground ; at once See Preface to " ROUSSEAU JUGE DE JEAN JAQUES . " furnishing a proof of identity , and claim- ing a X ADVERTISEMENT .
... singed . The characters were in part le- gible , being marked in a pale white , spreading over a livid ground ; at once See Preface to " ROUSSEAU JUGE DE JEAN JAQUES . " furnishing a proof of identity , and claim- ing a X ADVERTISEMENT .
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... once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre . XIII . But knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill ...
... once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre . XIII . But knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill ...
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... once been unfor- tunate in his fancy of changing his titles . He had composed an Ode , to which he gave the title of " Noon - Tide . " . Falling out of humour with this title afterwards , for what reason does not appear , he ' new ...
... once been unfor- tunate in his fancy of changing his titles . He had composed an Ode , to which he gave the title of " Noon - Tide . " . Falling out of humour with this title afterwards , for what reason does not appear , he ' new ...
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Page 54 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 3 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 9 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 4 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 8 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 1 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD / THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 104 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 2 - The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed...
Page 7 - 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, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Page 5 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...