Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone; who can be a companion of thy course?... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 1691850Full view - About this book
| Haölé, George Washington Bates - 1854 - 506 pages
...companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountain fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou art...in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests — when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the... | |
| William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...in the western wave. But thou thyself movest above ! Who can be a companion of thy course 1 The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay...shrinks and grows again : the moon herself is lost in the heavens : but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world... | |
| Popular educator - 1854 - 922 pages
...mourned the lily where the rose had died ; And timid, trembling, came he to my side." 2. "The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows agnin ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; f but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness... | |
| John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay...in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 pages
...wave. But thou thyself movest alone ; who can be a companion of thy course ! The oaks of the mountain fall , the mountains themselves decay with years ;...again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven : but thou wrl forever the same ; rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests... | |
| Salem Town - 1855 - 492 pages
...in the western wave. But thou thyself movest above ! who can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay...shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in the heavens ; but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. 3. When the... | |
| Salem Town - 1856 - 420 pages
...can be a companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves Jecay with years ; the ocean shrinks, and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; hut thou art forever the same rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 974 pages
...The oaks of thu mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks, aud grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven ;...in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds,... | |
| John Hume Kedzie - 1886 - 332 pages
...in the western wave, but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course V The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay...in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds,... | |
| 1886 - 562 pages
...in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone : who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay...the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests,... | |
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