 Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and...  The Poetical Work of Mrs. Felicia Hemans - Page 137by Mrs. Hemans - 1828Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of ihe infant world — with 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 pensive quietness between... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - Consolation - 1837 - 264 pages
...is the law and the lot of nature. "Not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone. * * * Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise and good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1839 - 346 pages
...— So let us deem I and e'ep the tears they wake Shall then be blest, for that high nature's sake. THE DEPARTED. " Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs...of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre." BRYANT. AND shrink ye from the way To the spirit's distant shore ? — Earth's mightiest men, in arm'd array,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with...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 pensive quietness... | |
 | American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings, The powerful of the earth—the wise, the 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;... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 350 pages
...— So let us deem ! and e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest, for that high nature's sake. THE DEPARTED. "Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs...of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre." BRYANT. AND shrink ye from the way To the spirit's distant shore ? — Earth's mightiest men, in arm'd array,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1840 - 342 pages
...— So let us deem ! and e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest, for that high nature's sake. THE DEPARTED. " Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs...seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre." BRYAHT. AND shrink ye from the way To the spirit's distant shore ? — Earth's mightiest men, in arm'd... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...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... | |
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