 The hills Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun, the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and...  The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant - Page 20by William Cullen Bryant - 1903 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1832 - 606 pages
...of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite hosl of heaven, Are shining on Ihe sad ahodes of death Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The glohe are hut a handful to the trihes That slumher in its hosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the... | |
 | Joseph Droz - Happiness - 1832 - 340 pages
...brooks, That make the meadows green, and, poured round all, 01.1 ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.' 6. Philosophers and moralists will readily admit, that the only easy and adequate remedy for the fear... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - God - 1833 - 388 pages
...brooks, That make the meadows green, and poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." But of what is it the tomb ? Does the spirit die ? Do the blessed affections of the soul go down into... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning — and the... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...brook, That make the meadows green, and poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations, all, Of the great tomb of man.' TIIOUGHTVILLE. TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS. ON a pleasant evening in August, 1 was set down at a hotel,... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe, are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...; and, poured round all, Old oeean's gray and melaneholy waste, — Are but the solemn deeorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The...all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the ad abodes of death, • Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe, are but a handful... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb...of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that treat TLe globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning — and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregan, and... | |
 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan... | |
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