 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pàgines
...11 Can stoned urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? '••• ' Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death 1 12 Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands... | |
 | William Smyth - 1840 - 92 pàgines
...! " 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 ?" Yet they are right and proper, and let them be paid, these offerings to the dead. They are derived... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pàgines
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pàgines
...\ BacA to its mansion call the fleeting breath, ? | Can , honour's voice provoAe the silent dus^, | Or flattery , soothe , the dull, cold ear of death, ? | Perhaps in this neglected spot, is laid' | Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, ; | Hands that the rod of em'pire might have sway'd,,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pàgines
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pàgines
...Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's roice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death 1 12. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pàgines
...its mansion call the fleeting breath'? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust', Or flattery sooth the dull', cold ear of death'? Perhaps' . . in this...the rod of empire might have swayed', Or waked to eestasy the living lyre': But knowledge to their eyes her ample page', Rich with the spoils of time',... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pàgines
...praise. Can storied urn and animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pàgines
...praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's d their eyry among the rocks of Bnowdon, which from...told, the highest point of Snowdon is called the ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 pàgines
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd* Or waked... | |
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But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 
