 Was taught to modulate the artful strain, I fain would sing : — but ah ! I strive in vain. Sighs from a breaking heart my voice confound . With trembling step, to join yon weeping train , I haste, where gleams funereal glare around, And, mix'd with...  The Poetical Works of James Beattie - Page 58by James Beattie - 1831 - 239 lehteFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 lehte
...shrieks of woe, the knells of death resound. LXII. Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn,^'fy The soft amusement of the vacant mind ! He sleeps...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind ! He sleeps in dust. Ah, how... | |
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And, mix'd with shrieks of wo, the knells of death resound. LXI. Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each Virtue fired, each Grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind! *— He sleeps in dust. —... | |
 | 1802 - 302 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And, mix'd with shrieks of woe, the knells of death resoundLXII. Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each glance refined, Friend,' teacher, pattern, darling of mankind !f He sleeps in dust. Ah,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1802 - 152 lehte
...funereal glare around, And, mix'd with shrieks of wo, the knells of death resound. * Virgil. LXII. _ Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each glance refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind !* He sleeps in dust. Ah,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1803 - 190 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And, mixed with shrieks of woe, the knells of death resound. LXI. Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind ! He sleeps in dust. Ah ! how... | |
 | Alexander Bower - 1804 - 250 lehte
...which the "Minstrel" concludes, afford an admirable idea of his many excellent qualities : — — but ah ! I strive in vain, Sighs from a breaking heart...amusement of the vacant mind ! He sleeps in dust, and ill the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling... | |
 | Alexander Bower - 1804 - 246 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And mix'd with shrieks of woe the knells of death resound. * ; Adieu, ye lays, that fancy's flowers adorn ; The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind ! He sleeps in dust. Ah, how... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 lehte
...death ret sound. • Virgil. 62 Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft amusement of tlie vacant mind ! He sleeps in dust, and all the Muses...teacher, pattern, darling of mankind!* He sleeps in dust. Ah, how shall I pursue My theme ! To heart-consuming grief resign'd, Here on his recent grave... | |
 | James Beattie - 1805 - 178 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And, mixed with shrieks of woe, the knells of death resound. LXI. Adieu, ye lays, that fancy's flowers adorn, The soft...dust, and all the Muses mourn, He, whom each virtue fired, each grace refined, Friend, teacher, pattern, darling of mankind ! He sleeps in dust. Ah ! how... | |
 | 1806 - 184 lehte
...where gleams funereal glare around, And, mtx'd with shrieks of woe, the knells of death resound. Adien, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft amusement of the vacant mind ! He sleeps in dust, and alt the Muses mourn, He, whom each Virtue fir'd, each Grace refin'd, • Virgil. Friend, teacher, pattern,... | |
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