 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...conspir'd to bless. And Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...kindled at the Muse's 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 tenor of their way. let e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, [deck'd,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; 'Along the 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:—... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...live in splen-' dour. " Fw from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool, 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 Tovey - Agriculture - 1803 - 156 pages
...these disturbed by neither care nor strife, Enjoy'd sweet comfort each succeeding day ; * As through the cool sequester'd vale of life, ' They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' But oh ! how chang'd, how diff'rent is the scene ! And could those happy rustics now appear,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the 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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; • '; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life : They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...kindled at the Muse's 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 tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble 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 bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigb, With uncough... | |
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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 flame. 
