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" The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, 'Here let their discord with them die. Speak... "
Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies]. - Page 103
by Peter Cunningham - 1851
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The Elements of Punctuation: With Rules on the Use of Capital Letters ...

John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pages
...do the Remarks under the fourteenth Rule apply to the punctuation of the following sentences ? — Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'twill trickle to his rival's bier. By playing with a fool at home, he'll play with you abroad. I will see you when you arrive. — I will...
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The Most Eminent Orators and Statesmen of Ancient and Modern Times ...

David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pages
...adjoining Lord Chatham's, and within a few feet of the grave of his illustrious rival, William Pitt. " The mighty chiefs sleep side by side, Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle on his rival's bier; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1857 - 428 pages
...flow'd all free, As the deep billows of the ^Egean roar Betwixt the Hellenic and the Phrygian shore. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1857 - 420 pages
...flow'd all free, As the deep billows of the ^Egean roar Betwixt the Hellenic and the Phrygian shore. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems...
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A Guide to the Cathedrals of England and Wales: Their History, Architecture ...

Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1858 - 168 pages
...Paul Methuen. The two western towers rise to the height of 225 feet 4 * Taming thought to human pride, The mighty chiefs sleep side by side ; Drop upon Fox's...grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. f On it is Dryden's inscription,...
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Once a Week, Volume 1; Volume 18

Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1868 - 592 pages
...Of sullen earth divide each winding-sheet, or, as the Tory Scott put it : — The mighty chiefs lie side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the note rebound. The solemn Echo seems to...
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A Year in Europe

Joseph Cross - 1859 - 536 pages
...mouldered into dust, and tongues that entranced the listening thousands are silenced till the resurrection. "Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier: O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound." Joseph Addison lies sepulchred...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 pages
...and talent gone, For ever tombed beneath the stone, Where, — taming thought to human pride I—- The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's...grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to...
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The American pastor in Europe, ed. by J. Cumming

Joseph Cross (D.D.) - 1860 - 466 pages
...into dust, and tongues that entranced the listening thousands are silenced till the resurrection. ' Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier : O'er Pitfs the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound.' Joseph Addison lies sepulchred...
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The Minsters and Abbey Ruins of the United Kingdom: Their History ...

Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1860 - 300 pages
...Castlereagh, Canning, and Horner. Taming thought to human pride, The mighty chiefs sleep side by side j Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The two western towers...
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