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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. "
Mosher's Magazine: Official Organ of the Catholic Summer School of America ... - Page 53
1899
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...innocence their safety owe, Than Pow'r or Genius e'er conspir'd to bless. And Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame [42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. [42] After this verse, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the four following:—...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. let e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, [deck'd,...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...metaphorically) the flattery which poets offer to those who live in splen-' dour. " Fw from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...sequester'd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. ' ? Ignoble* — The poet justly calls the ufaal pursuits of ambition and avarice...
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Things, as They Were, as They Are, and as They Ought to be: A Poem : with an ...

Thomas Tovey - 1803 - 156 pages
...these disturbed by neither care nor strife, Enjoy'd sweet comfort each succeeding day ; * As through the cool sequester'd vale of life, ' They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' But oh ! how chang'd, how diff'rent is the scene ! And could those happy rustics now appear,...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never...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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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame[42]. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. [42] After this verse, in Mr. Gray's first MS. of the Poem, were the four following...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...heap the shrine of luxury and pride "With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'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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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd...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 Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

1806 - 330 pages
...kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt 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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