 That make 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 ! The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of...  Evening hours, ed. by E.H. Bickersteth - Page 555edited by - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 pages
...woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and pour'd round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste,—...sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread Are shining on the sad abodes of death, The globe are... | |
 | 1829 - 520 pages
...majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green— and, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations...sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still laps? of ages— all that tread The globe... | |
 | 1829 - 514 pages
...majesty, and the 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 great tomb of man. The golden tun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the... | |
 | 1830 - 418 pages
...sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the...solemn decorations all, Of the great tomb of man." But of what is it the tomb ? Does the spirit die ? Do the blessed affections of the soul, go down into... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations...sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...majesty, and 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 great tomb of man. —[Bryant.] But of what is it—the tomb? Does the spirit die? Do the blest affections of the soul... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1833 - 388 pages
...sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between; , The venerable woods, rivers thai move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." But of what is it the tomb ? Does the spirit die ? Do the blessed affections of the soul go down into... | |
 | 1832 - 604 pages
...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...sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 pages
...brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of...sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through ihe still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are... | |
 | 1832 - 598 pages
...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 waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden... | |
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