 | Thomas Morris - 1858 - 356 pages
...all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's...is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | 1859 - 460 pages
...fine verses of Collins, which we will take the liberty to insert : " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung j By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor conies, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that... | |
 | 1915 - 772 pages
...Vorbei und stets vorbei. Sieh auf ' Begrüsse da Die Geisterschar. PAIN. How sleep the Brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ! When...knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung. Here Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile... | |
 | 1898 - 494 pages
...beard The fullness of perfected manhood bore. ODE. THE SLEEPING BRAVE. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To... | |
 | 1858 - 44 pages
...those fine verses of Collins, which we will take the liberty to insert; " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. We now step from the tomb to the house, the general appearance of which is known to every one. It commands... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...control, as in the perfectly wrought "Ode" written in the beginning of 1746: How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while repair,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Retums to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet...rung. By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the turf that wraps their clay, 10 And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 pages
...his poems, such as How sleep the brave, have become very well known. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. (Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746) Collins grew melancholic, and produced very little... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...rest ULTIMATE By all their country's wishes blessed! MATTERS When Spring with dewy fingers cold 422 1 Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall...is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 516 pages
...their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To... | |
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How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung;... 
