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 not for those a separate doom, " Whom Fate made brothers... The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 4121808Full view - About this book
| John Timbs - 1868 - 902 pages
...pride 1 The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to bis rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's the mournful requiem sound. And Fox's shall the notes rebound." Sir Walltr ScoU. Fox's memorial, by Westmacott, shows the orator dying in the arms of Liberty, attended... | |
| E S H. Bagnold - 1870 - 182 pages
...Spell with two e's the beer of liquor said ; One t, one e, in bier where rests the dead. EXERCISE. ' Drop upon Fox's grave the tear ; 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier.' How would this man shrink if told he was doomed to become mad ! yet he wilfully brings on himself temporary... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 pages
...Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's hier ; O'er PITT'S the monrnful requiem sonnd, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ifio ' Here let their discord with them die ; Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made... | |
| Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...When first we practise to deceive ! 76., canto i i. 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. III., canto L Etttn The Lady of the Lake. A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid ; Her satin snood,... | |
| George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pages
...Marmion " : " Where taming thought to human pride I- The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to...tomb ; But, search the land of living men, Where wilt thon find their like agen f" " EDMUND BUEKE. (17291797.) Burke in the Strangers' Gallery. One... | |
| 1881 - 530 pages
...titfid fever of long political warfare, sleep side by side at Westminster. Drop upon Fox's grave a tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's...search the land of living men, ' Where wilt thou find the like agcn ?' SUPPLEMENT. A MS. parchment-covered book of 216 pages, containing " General 'Wolfe's... | |
| Birmingham historical society - 1881 - 402 pages
...fitful fever of long political warfare, sleep side by side at 'Westminster. Drop upon Fox's grave a tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er Pitt's...search the land of living men, ' Where wilt thou find the like agen ?' SUPPLEMENT. A MS. parchment-covered book of 216 pages, containing " General Wolfe's... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...Pitt and Fox alone. Nowtaming thought to human pride ! The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. 1 Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier: And Fox's shall the notes rebound. O'er Pitt's the mornful requiem sound, The solemn echo seems to... | |
| 1881 - 470 pages
...Anarchy in chains. The proximity of the tombs of Fox and Pitt suggested Ke.iitt's wellknown lines: 'Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier'. On the S. side of the door is the monument of Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (d. 1732), by Cheere. Then,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1882 - 780 pages
...beneath the stone, Where taming thought to human pride ! Hit mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, Twill trickle to his...Brothers in the tomb; But search the land of living men, W here wilt thou find their like agen ?" Rest, ardent Spirits ! till the cries Of dying Nature bid... | |
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