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, but, sustained... Readings in American Poetry - Page 15by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1851 - 524 pages
...mother -of the Gracchi, "These are our jewels*" lit fine, we desire you so tb " — live, that when your summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each skull take His chamber in the silent halls of dealh, Yota go not, like the quarryslave at night, Scourged... | |
| Salem Town - 1851 - 422 pages
...caravanb that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeoi) ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps... | |
| 1852 - 620 pages
...since first The flight 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...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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...side, By those who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thv summons comes to join 8* The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious...quarry-slave, at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| 1850 - 706 pages
...seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. </ " So live, that when thy summons comes to join TIT innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 270 pages
...retire. Heaven grant that I may, for the few brief days that are to come,— So live, that when my 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, I go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...by one, be gather'd to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them. Solive, 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... | |
| Thomas March Clark - 1852 - 170 pages
...departing strength, he answered, in a tone of exultation, "I am perfectly happy I" "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... | |
| 1852 - 450 pages
...principles of our Order, and firm devotion to their lasting fame, had " So lived, that when his summons came to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of deaih, He went nut, like the quarry-slave, at night,... | |
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