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" Let vanity adorn the marble tomb With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, In the deep dungeon of some Gothic dome, Where night and desolation ever frown. Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With... "
Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English ... - Page 115
by Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: in Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,...here and there a violet bestrewn, " Fast by a brook, r fountain's n.urmuring wave; " AnJ many an evening sun shine iweetly on my grave. XVIII. " And thither...
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The Minstrel: Or, The Progress of Genius. In Two Books. With Some Other Poems

James Beattie - Wood-engraving - 1802 - 152 pages
...some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down ; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; " And many an evening sun shine sweetly...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...some Gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breeezy hill that skirts the down ; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrowrt, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; " And many an evening sun shine sweetly...
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The minstrel: in two books: with some other poems. To which are now added ...

James Beattie - 1803 - 240 pages
...some gothick dome, Where night and desolation ever frown : Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With...bestrewn ; Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave. And thither let the village swain repair;...
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The Minstrel, Or, The Progress of Genius, with Some Other Poems

James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...some Gothic dome, Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave, And many an evening sun shine sweetly on...
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The minstrel; or, The progress of genius: with some other poems

James Beattie - Genius - 1805 - 178 pages
...some Gothic dome, ' Where night and desolation ever frown. ' Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down ; ' Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, ' With here and there a violet bestrown, ' Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; ' And many an evening sun shine sweetly...
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: With Some Other Poems

James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...some gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown. " Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down ; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here aad there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; " And many an evening...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L.L.D...

Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...in a Country Church Yard, in which the game thought occurs. v Mine be the b*rzy hill that skirts the down, \ " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrewn, v Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave ; ." And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave."*...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...some Gothick dome, Where Nig-ht and Desolation ever frown ! Mine be the breezy hill that ikirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave ; And many an evening «un sliiije sweetly...
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The Stranger; Or, the New Man of Feeling. [The Dedication Signed: J. C*********.

J. C. - 1806 - 156 pages
...some gothic dome, " Where night and desolation ever frown, " Mine be the breesy hill that skirts the down ; " Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, " With here and there a violet bestrown, " Fast by a brook, or fountain's murmuring wave, A FRAGMENT. I took leave of my young friend...
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