 | 1831 - 472 pages
...And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. Here shall the morn her earliest tears bestow — Here the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels...silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. At her Feet : Reader, if YOUTH should sparkle in thine eye— If on thy cheek the flow'r... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 518 pages
...room, Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb f Yet shall thy grave with rising flow'rs be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There...their silver wings o'ershade The ground, now sacred by they reliques made. Fifth. Fanciful or finical sentiments. Sentiments that degenerate into point or... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...Unfortunate Lady, we .have the same expression. " Vet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast ; There...bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow." And Gray, in his celebrated " Elegy in a Country Churchyard," thus notices them in that fine picture... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...ashes grace, Nor polish'd marble emulate thy face ? 60 What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb ? Yet...: There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, 65 There the first roses of the year shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...marble emulate thy face ? What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter' d o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers...silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So, peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 pages
...Nor hallowed dirge be muttered o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be dressed, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast : There...name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. A heap of dnst alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. When Pope, in... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...marble emulate thy face ? What though no sacred earth allow thee room. Nor hallow'd dirge be muttered o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers...silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So, peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...marble emulate thy face ? What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be muttered o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers...silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So, peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...face"? What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb 1 Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be dress'd,...o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy relics made. So, peacefnl rests, without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. A heap of... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...marble emulate thy face ? What though no sacred earth allow thee room, Nor hallow'd dirge be muttered o'er thy tomb ? Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers...shall blow ; While angels with their silver wings oVrshade The ground now sacred by thy reliques made. So, peaceful rests, without a stone, a name, What... | |
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And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast: There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow, There the first roses of the year shall blow; While angels with their silver wings o'ershade The ground now sacred by thy relics made. 
