 | Wendell Mayo - Fiction - 1996 - 132 pages
...stories, plenty from now on, plenty to tell the priest. Soledad Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. — Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 212 pages
...to see. Was Johnson accurate In finding these stanzas original? Yet even these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh. With...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... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - Fiction - 1999 - 524 pages
...sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless teneur of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd Muse,... | |
 | Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson, Jeanne Katz - Social Science - 2000 - 404 pages
...protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply. And many a holy text around she strews. That teach... | |
 | Kent Gramm - History - 2001 - 350 pages
...protect Some frail Memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth Rhimes and shapeless 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 a holy Text around she strews, That... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 pages
...sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With...tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That... | |
 | Peter Hühn, Jens Kiefer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 276 pages
...sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. YET even these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, 80 Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. THEIR name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The... | |
 | John Reid - Poetry - 2005 - 153 pages
...protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shameless 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; And many a holy text around she strews That... | |
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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. 
