 How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung;...  Palgrave's Golden Treasury - Page 1281908 - 551 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Warner - Bath (England) - 1801 - 362 pages
...wishes blest? " When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, " Returns to deck their hallowed mould, " She then shall dress a sweeter sod " Than Fancy's feet have...their dirge is sung; " There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, " To bless the turf that wraps their clay; " And Freedom shall awhile repair, " To dwell a weeping... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 pages
...country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 198 pages
...country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour conies, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...tale, And bid her shepherds weep. ODE VI. •WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746. HOW sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ? When...their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair To dwell a weeping... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...their country's wishes blest ! When spring with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow 'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...• ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall a while repair... | |
 | Hugh Gray (writer on Canada.) - 1809 - 440 pages
...wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have...their dirge is sung. There, Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the mould that wraps their clay : And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping... | |
 | Hugh Gray - Canada - 1809 - 438 pages
...wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have...their dirge is sung. There, Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the mould that wraps their clay : And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...close such scene from every future view. ODE. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...By forms unseen their dirge is sung , There Honour com*s, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while repair, To... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...sleep the hrave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes hlest! When Spring, with dewy lingers cold. Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there...hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge a song; There Honour comes, • pilgrim pray, To hless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...country's wishes blest ? When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck the hallow'd mold, She then shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever...their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair To dwell a weeping... | |
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