Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary... Nelson's Literature Readers - Page 327by Richard Garnett - 1905 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
| Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1842 - 336 pages
...high nature's sake. THE DEPARTED. "Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings. The powerful of the earth — the wise —...seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre." BRYANT. AND shrink ye from the way To the spirit's distant shore ? — Earth's mightiest men, in arm'd... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarehs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the...forms, and hoary seers, of ages past, All in one mighty sepulehre. — The hills R'H'k-ribb'd. and ancient as the sun. — the vales stretohins in pensive... | |
| Thomas Moule - 1842 - 276 pages
...heraldry ; but an undulated line expressive of waves, and conveying the idea of water, is commonly used. - Rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green, are equally depicted on the shields of feudal lords where privilege or potency is necessary to be shown.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable... | |
| 1868 - 300 pages
...resting-place Shalt thou retire alone. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the...seers, of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou withdraw, Unheeded by the living, and no friend Take note of... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, AH in one mighty sepulchre. 5. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching... | |
| 1843 - 574 pages
...vast circumference, as that portion of the Irish coast which lies between Wexford and Connemara. " Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching...quietness between : The venerable woods ; — rivers Unit move Tn majesty ; anii the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and poured round all... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings, The powerful of the earth—the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.—The liills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| 1867 - 796 pages
...thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the...meadows green ; and poured round all. Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great toriib of man. The golden... | |
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