 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 sivua
...vault, Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ?" Perhaps no piece was ever written which has excited so much admiration from so many different sorts of people... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1799 - 368 sivua
...:— " Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ?" For if these things cannot prolong for a moment the life that now is, they will have no influence... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 sivua
...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 spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands,that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd... | |
 | 1803 - 294 sivua
...its mansion call the fleeting breath r Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire j Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 sivua
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or FUtt'ry south the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1805 - 34 sivua
...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 fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 sivua
...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 spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 sivua
...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 fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 sivua
...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 fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | 1809 - 488 sivua
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor'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 fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
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Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: Some heart, once pregnant with celestial... 
