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" 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. "
Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting ... - Page 525
by John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 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 tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial, still erected...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 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...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar:: Consisting of ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...senate at his heels. 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. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 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, * In the...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 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 e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...the muse's flame. XIX. 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. XX. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...flame. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, ' Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray;' With uncouth...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 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 tenour of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: ... Designed for the ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...senate at his heels. 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. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul.s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the muses' flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt...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...
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