 Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long where thou art lying Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth...  American Quarterly Review - Page 108edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...amiable, the intelligent and the virtuous. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! i None knew thee, but to love thee, Nor named thee,...From eyes unused to weep ; And long, where thou art lying, Will tears thy cold turf steep. When hearts, whose home was Heaven, Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 328 pages
...swinging in the wind, until chance directed the footsteps of some straggler to the place. 257 CHAPTER X. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise." HaUtck. WHILE the scenes and events that we have recorded were occurring, Captain Lawton led his small... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1827 - 76 pages
...triumph-hours, save on the battle day ? ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, OP NEW-YORK, SEPT. 1820. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | 1828 - 502 pages
...father's neck, and he expired. Thus died he, of whom I may say with truth, as I do with tears, " Gieen be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ; None knew thee but to love thee, Or named thee but to praise." WILTON. MEMORANDA OF TRAVELS IN TURKEY. We insert the following extract... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...poet, haunting our memory, and rising unconsciously to our lips : — " Green be the turf above thcc, Friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee, None nam'd thee but to praise." ****** '' When hearts whose home was heaven. Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...tender sentiment and simplicity. This poem consists merely of six quatrains, and we quote them in full. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, ]NTor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long,... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 38 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1836 - 112 pages
...summer dust, Burn to the socket." GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WORDSWORTH. None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but...From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | 1836 - 802 pages
...tender sentiment and simplicity. This poem consists merely of six quatrains, and we quote them in full. Green be the. turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named tliee but to praise. Tears fell when tliou wert dying, From eyes unused to \\eep, And long, where ihou... | |
 | Alnwick Castle, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 pages
...summer dust, Burn to the socket. 11 GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WoRDsWORTH. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid hi... | |
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