 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, 5 That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 10 The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again ? Emily Bronte. CCLIII THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...assume Its immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, 5 That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1870 - 974 pages
...a Poem by Shelley. 154. " And a mighty troop around With their trampling shook the ground.' " I had a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time." " The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew." " Hear the woodlark charm the forest, Telling... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pages
...light him rise; His footstool, Earth, his canopy, the Skies." LESSON UV* THE LAST MAN. CAMPBELL. 1. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,— The Sun...sweep Adown the gulf of time! I saw the last of human mold, That shall creation's death behold. As Adam saw her prime! 2. The sun's eye had a sickly glare,—... | |
 | Gems - 1871 - 280 pages
...But fix'd to hold Love's banner fast, And by submission win at last. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. €ju Xnst ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of time. I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prune... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1871 - 498 pages
...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1872 - 458 pages
...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself...That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prune ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Victor Meunier - Invertebrates, Fossil - 1872 - 344 pages
...unshaken amid the ruins of a world. " I had a vision in my sleep," exclaims the poet Campbell, — " That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf...mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw its prime." Such a conception is altogether fanciful and untrue, however it may impose upon the imagination.... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - Recitations - 1872 - 218 pages
...as the speaker contrai-ts the eternity of the soul with the mortality of all else in the Universe. J All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom. The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adovvn the gult of Time ! I saw the last of human mold That shall... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...Much oblueged to ye, parson, for your entertaining remarks." THE LAST MAN.— THOMAS CAMPIIKLU ALT. -worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, — The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume I saw a vision in my sleep Tli.it gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the... | |
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ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I... 
