 If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night: No parting souls to grisly Pluto go, Nor seek the dreary, silent, shades below; But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find....  The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal - Page 4761907Full view - About this book
 | Charles Bertram, Richard (of Cirencester) - 1809 - 336 pages
...and these of all mankind alone, The gods are sure revealed or sure unknown. If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful...below ; But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find: Thus life for ever runs its endless race, And like a line death... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1813 - 556 pages
...same race, and speak the same language, are fierce, turbulent, and bold above any other of the * " If dying mortals dooms they sing aright, " No ghosts descend to dwell in endless night ; " No parting souls to grisly Pluto go, '' Nor seek the dreary silent shades below;... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1817 - 592 pages
...acceptable to many of our Yorkshire friend«. £<f. " If dying mortals' dooms they sing aright, No ghost« descend to dwell in dreadful night ; No parting souls...below : But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs its endless race, And like a line, death... | |
 | John Hughes - 1818 - 376 pages
...doctrine respecting a future state ; and he is elegantly translated by Rowe : — " If dying mortals doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful...: But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find : Thus life for ever runs its endless race, And, like a line,... | |
 | Johann Jakob Brucker, William Enfield - 1819 - 540 pages
...palace of Odin were immediately opened ; and they were 45 Phars, I. iv 454. 46 If dying mortals doom they sing aright, '" No ghosts descend to dwell in...silent shades below : But forth they fly, immortal ill their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find : Thus life for ever runs its endless race,... | |
 | Thomas Wood - 1825 - 411 pages
...This is beautifully described by Lucan : " Cluver. Germ. Antiq. lib. ic 32. " If dying mortals doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful...: But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find : Thus life for ever runs its endless race, And, like a line,... | |
 | Patrick Fitzgerald - 1826 - 476 pages
...regna petunl: Regit idem spiritus arlus, Orbe ulio, longer, C'nuitis si cognita, vilm Mars media est. If dying mortals' dooms they sing aright, No ghosts...Pluto go, Nor seek the dreary silent shades below ! Bat forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus lite for... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1827 - 398 pages
...and these of all mankind alone, The gods are sure reveal'd, or sure unknown. If dying mortals doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful...below: But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs its endless race, And, like a line, death... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1827 - 412 pages
...and these of all mankind alone. The gods are sure reveal'd, or sure unknown. If dying mortals doom they sing aright. No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night: No parling souls to grisly Pluto go. Nor seek the dreary silent shades below: But forth they fly, immortal... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1828 - 442 pages
...the grove. To these, and these, of all mankind, alone, The gods are sure reveal'd, or sure unknown ; If dying mortals' dooms they sing aright, No ghosts...: But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs in endles race, And, like a line, Death... | |
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