One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.... The Fourth Reader - Page 235by William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : » The next, with dirges due, in sad array, » Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. » Approach, and read, for thou canst read, the lay » Grav'd on the stone, beneath yon aged thorn. » THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...lawn, nor at the wood was he. " The next, with dirges due in sad array, " Slow thro' the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. " HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...lawn, nor at the wood w;ts he! ** The next, with dirges due, in sad array, ** Slow thro* the church way -path we saw him borne: '* Approach, and read (for thou canst read; the lay ** Grav'd on the stone beneath you aged thornt." THE EPITAPH. TTERE rests his head upon the lap of... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...rill, ' Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he: ' The next, with dirges due, in sad array ' Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne: ' Approach and read (for .thou can'st read) the lay, ' Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...lawn, nor at the wood was he ! The next, with dirges duo, in sad array, Slow thro' the churchway-path we saw him borne: Approach, and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. TTERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
| John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...tree : ' Another came •, nor yet beside the rill, " Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. XXIX. " The next, with dirges due, in sad array, ! " Slow...Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, " Grav'don his stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. XXX. HERE rests his head upon the lap of... | |
| John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...' Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, " Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. XXV. XXIX. 't The next, with dirges due, in sad array, " Slow through...Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, " Grav'd on his stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...lawn, nor at the wood was he. " The next with dirges due, in *ad array, Slow throus h the church-yard path we saw him borne, Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. HERE rests his head upon the lap of Earth,... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...lawn, nor at the wood was he. " The next, with dirges due in sad array, " Slow thro' the church-yard path we saw him " borne. " Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. " HERE rests his head upon the lap of earth,... | |
| J. F. Neville - English essays - 1812 - 228 pages
...his fav'rite tree j Another came, nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the church-way path I saw him borne," &c. In fine, Mr. BRUNTON, inform your friend, that I expired suddenly last Monday... | |
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