 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 sidor
...innocence their safety owe, Than Pow'r or Genius e'er conspir'd to bless. And Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected... | |
 | 1800 - 322 sidor
...mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense...flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 sidor
...the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. [42] After this verse, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the four following:—... | |
 | 1810 - 702 sidor
...that covers it. 'Tis the last tribute which the humblest pay to the most humble. '> i < " Yet e'en these bones from Insult to protect, / . . ; Some frail...deck'd ; Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." • : . i The stranger who, in days to come, shall visit our shore, will exclaim, show me the statue... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 sidor
...metaphorically) the flattery which poets offer to those who live in splen-' dour. " Fw from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. ' ? Ignoble* — The poet justly calls the ufaal pursuits of ambition and avarice... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 sidor
...heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. [42] After this verse, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the four following... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sidor
...confin'd ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hiire. To quench the hlushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense...at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignohle strife, Their soher wishes never Icarn'd to stray , Along the cool sequester'd vale of life... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 sidor
...confm'd; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial, still erected... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 sidor
...mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame , Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride "With incense...never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd Tale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sidor
...mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide. To quench the blushes cf ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense...strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray j Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet, ev'n these... | |
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Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's... 
