 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...Monthly Visitor. THOUGHTS ON MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice...dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? THE Elegy of Gray (from which I have here quoted a verse, as a kind of motto) is universally admired... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ; Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands ,^that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstacy the Jiving lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...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 relestial fire; Hands that the rod of nr.-'re might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to extasy the Jiving lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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 6re; Hands that tlie rod of empire might have sway'd. Or wak'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...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...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to extasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
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But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. 
