| Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...the charm of life's bewildered way, That calls each slumbering passion into play. 7 Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of time, 8 Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. When all the sister planets have decayed j When wrapt... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1827 - 270 pages
...ever.' In the emphatic language of a living writer, we indeed may say of the good man: ' When rapt in fire, the realms of ether glow, And heaven's last thunder shakes the globe below, He, undismay'd, shall o'er the ruin smile, And light his torch at Nature's fun'ral pile!'"... | |
| 1828 - 814 pages
...from the world ; And o'er the path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God ! Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade — When...thunder shakes the world below ; Thou, undismayed, shalt o'er the ruins smile, And light thy torch at nature's funeral pile ! Campbell. THE CONVICT. The... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Why do I joy the lonely spot to view. By artless friendship blessed when life wss new? EternalHopE ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes...joyous youth began — but not to fade.— When all the sister-planets have decayed; When rapt in fire the realms ofethrr glow. And Heaven's last thunder shakes... | |
| William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...By artless friendship bless'd when life was new ? Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy...but not to fade— When all the sister planets have decay'd ; When rapt in fire the realms of ether glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...By artless friendship bless'd when life was new ? Eternal HOPE ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy...not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decay'd ; When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...charm — when pleasures lose the power to please ! Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy...not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decay'd ; When rapt in fire the realms of ether glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...By artless friendship bless'd when life was new? 1'ti-inal HOPE! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy...not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decay* d ; When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes lire world... | |
| 1829 - 760 pages
...to the eye of Christian faith ! " Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first note to sound the march of time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fadeWhen all the sister planets have decayed ; When rapt in fire tin; realms of ether glow, And heaven's... | |
| 1829 - 838 pages
...yonder spheres sublime Pealed thuir first notes to sound the inarch of time. Thy joyous raee hegan, but not to fade When all the sister planets have decayed; When rapt In flames the realms of ether glow. And heaven's last thunder shakes the world below, Thou undismayed... | |
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