 But if, around my place of sleep, The friends I love should come to weep, They might not haste to go. Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb.  Poems - Page 185by William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...see The seasons* glorious show, Nor would its brightuess shine for me, Nor its wild music flow; Bnt if around my place of sleep, The friends I love should come to weep, They miyhl not haste to go. Soft airs, and song, and light and bloom Should keep them lingering by my tomb.... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 442 pages
...brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music flow; But if around my place of sleep, The friends I loved should come to weep, They might not haste to go. Soft...and bloom. Should keep them lingering by my tomb. These to their softened hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot... | |
 | Gift books - 1826 - 402 pages
...brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music flow; But if around my place of sleep, The friends I loved should come to weep, They might not haste to go; —...and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb. 6* These, to their softened hearts, should bear The thought of what has been, ' • And speak of one... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 516 pages
...brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music Uow ; But if, around my place of sleep, The friends I loved should come to weep, They might not haste to go ;—...airs, and song, and light, and bloom, Should keep them ling'ring by my tomb. " These to their soften'd hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...them llng'ring by my tomb. " These to their soften'd hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot share The gladness of the scene ; \Vhose part in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer hills Is, that his grave is green... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 598 pages
...The season's glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for jaae, Nor its wild music flow ; But, if around my place of sleep The friends I love should...and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb." — pp. 152, 153. In poetry descriptive of the aspects of nature Mr. Bryant principally excels. lie... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 604 pages
...see The season's glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music flow ; Hut, if around my place of sleep The friends I love should come to weep, They might not baste to go. Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloom, Sin ml I keep them lingering by my tomb." —... | |
 | 1832 - 606 pages
...my place of sleep, Tin ' friends I love would come and weep, They might not haste to go, Soft ;iirs, and song, and light and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb. These to their softened hearts should bear The thoughts of what has been, >• And speak of one who... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...see The season's glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for me Nor its wild music flow ¡ But if, around my place of sleep, The friends I love should...and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb. innocent Child and Snow- White Flower, is remarkable only for the deficiency of a fool in one of its... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...see The season's glorious show, Nor would its brightness shine for me, Nor its wild music flow ; But if, around my place of sleep, The friends I love should...and bloom, Should keep them lingering by my tomb. These to their softened hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot... | |
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