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" 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 327
by Richard Garnett - 1905 - 464 pages
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Works: With a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her Genius, Volume 5

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...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

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...
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Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms

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....
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The Poets and Poetry of America

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...
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Readings in American Poetry

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...
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The Gospel herald; or, Poor Christian's magazine, Volume 5

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...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

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...
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The Monthly Review

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...
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Poems

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...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 6

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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