 | 1832 - 598 pages
...earth, the wise, the good — Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre ! The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun —...— 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... | |
 | Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 pages
...any thing of man's device, to make us forget that nature has prepared a grave for all her children. "The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, —...— 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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and aucient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...— 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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 pages
...earth, the wise, the good — Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighly sepulchre! The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun— the...poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all... | |
 | Joseph Droz - 1832 - 340 pages
...the wise, the good, Fair forma ami hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The lull -, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching...That make the meadows green, and, poured round all, 01.1 ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.'... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1833 - 388 pages
...the earth, the wise and good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the...pensive quietness between; , The venerable woods, rivers thai move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and poured round all,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...— the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, —...— 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... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that more In majesty, and the complaining brook, That make the meadows green, and poured round all...Are but the solemn decorations, all, Of the great tomb of man.' TIIOUGHTVILLE. TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS. ON a pleasant evening in August, 1 was set down... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...the sun,—the vales The venerable woods—rivers that move Stretching in pensive quietness between; In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the...round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.— Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, Are but the solemn decorations all The planets, all the infinite... | |
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The hills, 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... 
