 | 2006 - 524 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...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. k&j&5*7' 1 · 爪] e 护由促e 丸前记鹅a 蛇忱丘en 什omara 山erIongpoemen 杜世刨 2 ，... | |
 | Mark R. Schwen, Dorothy C. Bass - Literary Collections - 2006 - 580 pages
...sequester'd 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 uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...sequester'd 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 uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse,... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - Literary Collections - 2008 - 191 pages
...affairs inspire only two emotions to the well-informed: admiration or pity] . 16.38 tribute of a sigh Cf. 'Some frail memorial still erected nigh,/ With uncouth...decked, / Implores the passing tribute of a sigh': Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard (1751), lines 78-80. Cf. 'they could still draw... | |
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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. 
