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" But see! the -well-plumed hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door, and live upon the dead, By letting out their persons by the hour To mimic sorrow when the heart's... "
Necropolis Glasguensis; with observations on ancient and modern tombs and ... - Page 23
by John Strang - 1831 - 72 pages
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

1839 - 612 pages
...necessary to inform my readers were, as Dr. Young has described them, part of " That sable tribe that live upon the dead, By letting out their persons by the hour To mimic sorrow when the heart's not sad," had here mingled with some of the domestics of the deceased, and at the...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...see ! the well-plum'd hearse comes nodding on, "Stately and slow; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...the hour, To mimic sorrow where the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings ! now they're all unfurl'd, And glittering in the sun ; triumphant entries Of...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is ...

Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pages
...see ! the well-plum'd hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...letting out their persons by the hour, To mimic sorrow, when the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings ! Now they're all unfurl'd And glitt'ring in the sun;...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...see.' the well plum'd hearse comes nodding on Stately and slow ; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door and live upon the dead, By letting cut their persons by the hour To mimic sorrow when the heart's not sad, How rich the trappings, now...
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The Wreath: Containing The Minstrel and Other Favorite Poems, to which is ...

1806 - 184 pages
...see ! the well-plum'd hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow ; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...letting out their persons by the hour To mimic sorrow, when the heart's not sad ! How rich the trappings, now they're all unfhrl'd And glittering in the sun...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...see ! the well-plum'd hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door, and live upon the dead, By letting out their persors by the hour, To mimic sorrow where the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings ! now they're...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...see! the well-plumed hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow ; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...letting out their persons by the hour, To mimic sorrow when the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings ! now they're all unfurl'd, And glittering in the...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...well-plum'd hearse comes nodding Stately and slow ; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, thai can those clumsy things, like me, Fly with a bound from tree telling out their persons by the hour To mimic sorrow when the heart's not sad ! How rich the trappings,...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...see! the well-plum'd hearse comes nodding on, Stately and slow ; and properly attended By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...the hour, To mimic sorrow where the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings! now they're all unfurl'd, And glittering in the sun ; triumphant entries Of...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...see! the well-p'.um'd hearse comes nodding Stately and slow, and properly attended [on Jiy the whole sable tribe, that painful watch The sick man's door,...By letting out their persons by the hour, To mimic Borrow when the heart's not sad. How rich the trappings ! now they're all unfurl'd, And glittering...
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