Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years... Readings in American Poetry - Page 15by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1840 - 452 pages
...thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashing* ; yet — the dead are there ; And millions in those solitudes, since first The night of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone. So shalt... | |
| Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - 1841 - 250 pages
...desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sounds, Save his own dashings, yet the dead are there, And millions in these solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep —... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...Or'egon, | and hears no sound, | Save Ais own dash,ings — | yet the dead are there, ; | And miirions in those solitudes, | since first The flight of years...laid them down In their last sleep, — | the dead reign' there, alone,. | So shalt thou' rest — | and what if thou shalt fall, | Unnoticed by the liv,ing... | |
| 1877 - 506 pages
...All that tread The globe are hut a handful, to the tribes That slumber in its bosom." "Millions .... since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sloop : the dead reign there alone." But the improbability of man's life after death appears greater... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...pieree, Or lose thvsclf in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound •*»•,• his own dashings — yet the dead are there; And millions...first The flight of years began, have laid them down IT their last sleep — the dead there reign alone. So shall thou rest, — and what if thou withdraw... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own clashings — yet the dead are there ; And millions in those solitudes,...living — and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will shore thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings, — yet, the dead are there...have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone. 7. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou shall fall Unnoticed by the living, and... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...continuous woods Where rolls the Oregan, and hears no sound. THANATOPSIS. Save his own (lashings—yet—the dead are there : And millions in those solitudes,...of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep—the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest—and what if thou withdraw Unheeded by the... | |
| 1868 - 300 pages
...earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers, of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou withdraw, Unheeded...the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh THE world is like the ivy which first... | |
| William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 pages
...desert pierce ; Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings ; yet — the dead are there...have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou shalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no... | |
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