 Piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.  Public Characters - Page 2581805Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 730 lehte
...manners, and the pomp of" elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Net raugh nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers. That which could not be effected by the entreaties of his family was ultimately brought about by a... | |
 | 1872 - 602 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manner?, and the pomp of elder days Whence culls the pensive bard his piclur'd stores ; Nor rough, nor barren are the "winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers." Joseph Warton. Without endorsing- the idea of quaint old Fuller, that because Yorkshire is the largest... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1891 - 478 lehte
...many bygone associations ; for, as Thomas Warton expressed himself in and on Dugdale's ' Monasticon,' Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers. It was at this time that the volunteer and yeomanry corps were gathered together, to the number of... | |
 | 1915 - 556 lehte
...Piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictur'd stores....barren, are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strown with flowers. The same note of interest in the past is struck rather frequently but never so... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1892 - 384 lehte
...Dugdale's ' Monasticon,' and expresses his delight in surveying the records of ' cloister'd piety ' — Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers. In another he wishes to know whether ' his pipe can aught essay to reach the ear ' of that ' divine bard... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1892 - 202 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers." Robert Burns, a contemporary of Warton, frequently expressed his affection for his friends upon the... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1892 - 214 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers." Robert Burns, a contemporary of Warton,-,frequently expressed h1s affection for his friends upon the... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1892 - 204 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers." Robert Burns, a contemporary of Warton, frequently e^fpressed his affection for his friends upon the... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 lehte
...explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Not rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers. IV. WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE. THOU noblest monument of Albion's isle ! Whether by Merlin's aid from Scythia's... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 lehte
...explores New manners, and the pomp of ekier days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Not rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers. IV. WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE. THOU noblest monument of Albion's isle ! Whether by Merlin's aid from Scythia's... | |
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