| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...kings Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
| Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
| Ezra Stiles Gannett - Consolation - 1837 - 264 pages
...good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable Voods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and, poured... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulcher. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
| John William Carleton - 1867 - 1254 pages
...picturesque appearance, and is situated amidst the most exquisite scenery. " The hilli Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in...venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and tlio complaining brooks That make the meadows green." BRYANT. One path led us between walls of rhododendrons,... | |
| American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...rivers that move In majesty; and the complaining brooks, • That make the meadow green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decoratinns all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,... | |
| John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...complaining 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... | |
| John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...complaining 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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
| John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty ; and ihe complaining brooks, Thai make the meadows green : and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy... | |
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