 As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men, The youth in life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those,...  THE CHIEF AMERICAN POETS - Page 2by CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905Full view - About this book
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...shalt fall Unnoticed by the living — and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou...the full strength of years, matron, and maid, The bowed with age, the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off, — Shall, one by... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirlh and their employmenls, and shall come, And make iheir bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away,...the full strength of years, matron, and maid, The bowed with age, the infant in the smiles And beauty of ils innocent age ciU off, — Shall, one by... | |
 | 1836 - 362 pages
...thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The bowed with age, the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off, — Shall, one by... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pages
...will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase Hia favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gatherered to thy side, By those,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those,... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - 1841 - 250 pages
...thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...In the full strength of years; matron and maid; The bow'd with age ; the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off, — Shall one by... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-haired man — Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favourite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gather'd to thy side, By those... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...His favourite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall comc And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of...goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gather'd to thy side, By those... | |
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