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" Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. "
English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Page 185
edited by - 1918 - 364 pages
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...Boldier'a wpwfcfcre." Campbell. Sequestro, / separate from ; as, sequestrate. " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Their sober wishes never learned...vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."— Cray. Sequor, / follow ; secutus, followed ; as consequent, persecute, execute. Seraglio,...
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The Baptist children's magazine (ed. by J.F. Winks).

Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. Far from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned...vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." " And I remember," said Annie, " a remark I heard some time since, which, perhaps, is appropriate...
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Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity: Including ...

William S. Forrest - 1853 - 522 pages
...repose, and the winds sighing through their branches, sing their only requiem ! ' Far from the madd'ning crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned...vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' " Not a family in this section but has a relative or friend resting here. The great, the proud,...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 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 learned...vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 378 ELEGY. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 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 learned...decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muss, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ...

William Collins - 1854 - 430 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 learned...to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 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 learned...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 rhymes...
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European Historical Collections: Comprising England, Scotland, with Holland ...

John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 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 learned...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 rhymes...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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 learned...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 rhymes...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

1855 - 458 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 learned...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 rhymes...
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