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... The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant - Page xxxiiiby William Cullen Bryant - 1903 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
| Roswell Park - American poetry - 1857 - 338 pages
...Celebration, at Oxford Academy, NY, August 2<7, 1854, but has since been expanded.] " So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...quarry-slave, at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one that draws the drapery... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...one be gathered to thy side, By those who, in their turn, shall follow them. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave. Like one that draws the drapery... | |
| United States - 1857 - 540 pages
...caravan 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 dungeon ; but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Theodore Clapp - Clergy - 1857 - 448 pages
...caravan, which 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 and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...caravan which 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, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Gerber - Life - 1994 - 312 pages
...caravan, which 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 and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who draws the drapery of... | |
| Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...caravan, which 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 and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...caravan, which moves 75 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 and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, so Like one who wraps the drapery... | |
| Donald M. Reynolds - Art and morals - 1996 - 260 pages
...caravan, which 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 and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Herbert M. Shelton - Health & Fitness - 1996 - 332 pages
...caravan 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 dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
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