 | 1829 - 436 pages
...ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green ; and pour'd round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That...the meadows green; and pour'd round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...ancient as the sun, — the valea Stretching in pensive quietness between;— The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through... | |
 | Theology - 1830 - 418 pages
...majesty, and the complaining 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... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1830 - 414 pages
...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 grey and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all, Of... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and...solemn decorations all, Of the great tomb of man. — [Bryant.] But of what is it — the tomb ? Does the spirit die 1 Do the blest affections of the... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and...round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste— Are hut the solemn decorations all, f Of the great tomb of man.—[Bryant.] But of what is it—the tomb... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 598 pages
...— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste —...decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the... | |
 | Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
...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 melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 604 pages
...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 melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
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That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun. The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of... 
