 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 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... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 300 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...venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty ; and ihe complaining brooks, Thai make the meadows green : and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy... | |
 | 1840 - 560 pages
...the Tale* Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woodi, rivers that move In mnjeity, and the complaining brooks. That make the meadows...and poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy watte, Are but the solemn decorations all, Of the great tomb of man.* descends to dust.' The grave... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - 1841 - 250 pages
...good ; Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past ; All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive...quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move Tn majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and poured round all, Old ocean's... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rook-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...— 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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...forms,, | and hoary seers' of ages past', | All in one mighty sepulchre. | The hills, | Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun' ; | the vales', | Stretching...""complaining brooks' | That make the meadows green, ; | and, pour'd round all' | Old ocean's grey, and melancholy waste', | Are but the solemn decorations all',... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...one mighty sepulehre. — The hills R'H'k-ribb'd. and ancient as the sun. — the vales stretohins in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, pour'd round Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,—, [all, Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, AH in one mighty sepulchre. 5. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the...meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. 6. The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...Fair forms, and hoary seers, of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, pour'd round Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— [all, Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...Fair forms, and hoary seers, of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
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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... 
