...sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many...Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?...

...sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...Forgetfulness a prey. This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned. Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?...

...decked, 80 Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. THEIR name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many...she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 85 FOR who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts...

...Increased 45 A certain combination of vowels and consonants can achieve a marked change of rhythm: For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind....

...were the second two of those four stanzas he would later praise in the "Elegy," going on to recite: For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?...

...Their Names, their Years [cf. "Annals"], spelt by th' unletter'd Muse The Place of Fame, & Epitaph supply And many a holy Text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. The existence of the rustic markers presupposes the existence of a rustic artist, who chisels into...