So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon... The Poets of America: With Occasional Notes - Page 141by George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...strength of years, matron, and maid, The bowed with dge, the infant II in the smiles ' . I 0 And beauty ' of its innocent age\ cut off, — Shall, one by one,...gathered to thy side, By those, who | in their turn II shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons ' comes II to join The innumerable caravan, that... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - 348 pages
...goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those...comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
| John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, Shall one by one be gather'd to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...full strength of years, matron, and maid, The bowed with age, the infant, in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age, cut off,— Shall, one by one,...those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. So live, thai when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade,... | |
| 1875 - 828 pages
...full strength of years — matron and maid, The bowed with age, the infant, in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age, cut off — Shall, one by one,...side, By those who, in their turn, shall follow them." THE influence of Christianity upon burial customs has been more indirect than direct. The Jew and the... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...infunt, in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age, cut otT, — Shall, one by one, be grain-red to thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes, ïo join The innumerable caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall lake His... | |
| 1845 - 1174 pages
...joyous congratulations and its hopes, saying " this year thou shalt die." " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realm? of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - 390 pages
...goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those...comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...— matron, and maid. And the sweet babe, and the gray-haired man, — Shall, one by one, be gatherM to thy side By those, who, in their turn, shall follow...comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...the full strength of years, matron and maid, The bowed with age, the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age, cut off, Shall, one by one, be...side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. 9. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms... | |
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