...said, ' How well does this scene harmonize with the sentiments of the poet, ' Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, ' Their sober wishes never...vale of life 'They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' ' And would you,' I replied, ' wish to live in solitude, wasting the prime of life in dullness...

...many a stone, excite a pleasing melancholy, in regard to the tenants of this quiet spot : — Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh, GRAV. If we climb the mountain, we behold a vast variety...

...wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, [deck'd, With uncouth rhymes, and shapeless sculpture Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their...

...the shrine of luxury and pride', With incense kindled at the muse's flame'. Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife', Their sober wishes never...sequestered vale of life', They kept the noiseless tenour of their way'. Yet even these bones', from insult to protect', Some frail memorial still erected...

...his endeared wife. Of them and their humble pilgrimage it may be suid, — " Far from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...stray; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They held the noiseless tenor of their way." The circle in which Joshua performed the duties of life did...

...noiseless tenor of their way. .'». •;.• •• .. •. • • MY .••• i»i >• Yet even these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and. shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unletter'd muse,...

...permitted to protect and distinguish the spot where their benefactor reposed, — ' That, e'en his bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deckt, Might claim the passing tribute of a sigh.' They began to rail in and to brick over the grave...

...permitted to protect and distinguish the spot where their benefactor reposed, — ' That, e'en his bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deckt. Might claim the passing trihute of a sigh.' They began to rail in and to brick over the grave...

...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. Far from...life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes...

...— vol. ip 13. A strain of reflection probably caught from Gray's Elegy — " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." i Gb'the, the Schlegels, Schiller, Curran, Canning, and Lord Brougham, along with many others...