 Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart ; — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and...  Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ... - Page 401872 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1822 - 858 pages
...and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he...embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth that nourUh'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolv'd to earth again ; And, lost each human trace,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...To Nature's teachipgs, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, Conies a still voice — Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding...human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart ; — Go forth, unto the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while...embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again ; And, lost each human trace,... | |
 | 1829 - 642 pages
...;— Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around— Earth iind her waters, and the depths of air, Comes a still voice....embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, to he resolved to earth again ; And, lost each human trace,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart ; — Go forth, unto the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while...embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again ; And, lost each human trace,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1832 - 648 pages
...and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he...ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished theĢ, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again ; And ,lost each human trace, surrendering... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 598 pages
...Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make tbee to shudder and grow sick at heart — Go forth under...human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements — To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Xor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth,...surrendering up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight * Pran. cWbat. t i& as in dmreft. Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony,...human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...— the beautiful and young. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shah thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish... | |
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