| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 Seiten
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 6 For who, to dumb forsretfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? 7 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgelfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day; Nor cast one longing, ling'riog look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies ; Some... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing liug'ring look behind? On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? 4*** On some fond breast the parting soul relies,... | |
| James Hay, Henry Belfrage - 1831 - 658 Seiten
...public opinion, that he should leave the world thus. It was unmanly — " For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind?" If I could not leave the world in the elevation... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 Seiten
...holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 80 For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast, the parting soul relies;85... | |
| 1832 - 510 Seiten
...dust, Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?' And again : — ' For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ?' Here we have not only ' the tone that tells of... | |
| Fanny Burney - 1832 - 384 Seiten
...though a moment sets us even ! — life is but a paltry business — yet " ' Who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey This pleasing — anxious being e'er resign'd ? Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?' " " She had still muscular strength left to softly... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...business to conidcr what we do. Isocratis. ***•**•* 335 ~* For who, to dumb Forgetfulncss a prey, Thll pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? On some fond breast tin- parting suul relies, Some... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - 1833 - 174 Seiten
...himself very beautifully in his appeal to this universal feeling ; • " For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resign'd ? Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day. Nor cast one longing, liug'ring look behind. " If there exists such a feeling as this in the breasts... | |
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