 | John Almon - 1786 - 338 pages
...quick jeft — indulge the comic vein?— Ere yet to buried Rofcius we affign— One kind regret—one tributary line ! His fame requires we act a tenderer part : His memory claims the tear you gave hi art! The general voice, the meed of mournful verffc, The fplendid forrows that adorn 'd his hearfe,... | |
 | 1789 - 222 pages
...strain, Point the quick jest— indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign — One kind regret — one tributary line ! His fame...his art ! The general voice, the meed of mournful verse, The splendid sorrows that adorn'd his hearse, The throng that mourn'd as their dead favorite... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...quaint smiles dismiss the plaintive strain, Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign— One kind regret—one tributary line ! His fame requires we act a tenderer...part: His memory claims the tear you gave his art l to The grac'd res£e6t that claim'd him to the last, While Shakspere's image from its hallow'd base,—... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...plaintive ftrain, Point the quick jeft — indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Rofcius we affign One kind regret — one tributary line ! His fame...meed of mournful verfe, The fplendid forrows that adorn'd his hearfe, The throng that mourn'd as their dead fav'rite pafs'd , The' grac'd refpecl that... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 544 pages
...plaintive flrain. Point the quick jeft, indulge the comic vein, Ere yet to buried Rofcius we affign One kind regret, one tributary line ? His fame requires we act a tend'rcr part; His memory claims the tear you gave his art ! The gen'ral voice, the meed of mournful... | |
 | 1811 - 592 pages
...strain, Point the quick jest — indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign — One kind regret — one tributary line ! His fame...his ART ! The general voice, the meed of mournful verse, The splendid sorrows that adorned his hearse, The throng that mourn'd as their dead Favourite... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the plaintive Point the quick jeb. — indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Koscius we assign One kind regret, one tributary line? His fame requires we act a tend'rer part : His memory claims the tear you gave his art. The gen' ral voice, the meed of mournful... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...straia» .,. Voint the quick jest, indulge the comic vein; . ; : • A Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign One kind regret, one tributary line ? His fame requires...his art ! The general voice, the meed of mournful verse, The splendid sorrows, that adorn'd his hearse, The throng, that mourn' <1 as their dead favourite... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1821 - 428 pages
...plaintive strain, Point the quick jest — indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign One kind regret — one tributary line ! His fame...his art ! The general voice, the meed of mournful verse, The splendid sorrows that adorn'd hjs hearse, The throng that mourn'd as their dead favourite... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1824 - 140 pages
...plaintive strain, Point the quick jest — indulge the comick vein — Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign One kind regret, one tributary line ? His fame requires...gave his art. The general voice, the meed of mournful verse, The splendid sorrows that adorned his hearse, The throng that mourned as their dead favourite... | |
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For fabled suff'rers and delusive woe ? Or with quaint smiles dismiss the plaintive strain, Point the quick jest — indulge the comic vein — Ere yet to buried Roscius we assign One kind regret — one tributary line ! His fame requires we act a tenderer... 
