 Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy...  A Study of American Literature - Page 93by William Cranston Lawton - 1907 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 pages
...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, pour'd round all Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heav'n, Are shining as the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | 1848 - 276 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...In majesty, — and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, — and, poured round oil, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." Grandeur. Vastness. 75. "Roll on, thon deep and dark blue ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 300 pages
...and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green; and, poured round all Old ocean's gray arid melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.' " HI. — Tranquillity. ("Subdued" force, — gentle and level utterance.) I. — [CONSTANTINOPLE,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1849 - 80 pages
...move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green,—and, poured 'round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great totnb of man. 6. Joy and Sublimity. Awake, my heart, awake ! Green vales and icy cliffs, all join my... | |
 | 1850 - 264 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,- — Are but...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 pages
...move -40 In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, 45 The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1850 - 88 pages
...move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, — and, poured 'round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. 6. Joy and Sublimity. Awake, my heart, awake ! Green vales and icy cliffs, all join my hymn ! Ye living... | |
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