 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — hut see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses— ever gay and heautiful... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth possess — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
 | 1826 - 524 pages
...round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works 1 read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow...on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — every gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die—but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth possess—ever gay and beautiful... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses—ever gay and beautiful youth— In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...that still goes on, IB silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly tint their ancestors Moulder beneath them. 0, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of...proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of...see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youtli presses — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of...presses — ever gay and beautiful youth — In all its beaatiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their ancestors Moulder beneath them.... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...goes on, In silenee, round me — the perpetual work. Of thy ereation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo I all grow old and die : hut see, again, How, on the faltering footsteps of decay, Youth presses —... | |
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Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die; but see again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses, — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. 
