 He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.  Hyperion: A Romance - Page 171by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 439 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...and wither, 'Mid scenes of death and sin ? O, rise to glory hither, And find true life begin.'1 991. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! VAUGHAN. 992. The Angel of the Covenant Was come, and faithful to his promise, stood, Prepared to... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - Christian women - 1859 - 188 pages
...victory given. Enough, my heart ; thank God ! thank God ! That thou hast been a year in heaven." IV. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could men outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's-nest, may know, At first sight, if the... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - Fiction - 1859 - 204 pages
...heart ; thank God ! thank God ! That thou hast been a year in heaven. IV. THE SILENCE OF THE DEAD. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could men outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know, At first sight, if the... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - Fiction - 1859 - 202 pages
...year in heaven. IV. THE SILENCE OF THE DEAD. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shiniug nowhere but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could men outlook that mark 1 He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know, At first sight, if the... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days, My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. O...Dear, beauteous Death! the jewel of the just! Shining no where but in the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Gould man outlook that mark! He that... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Game and game-birds - 1860 - 432 pages
...chastening rod of a sorrow which was more than he could endure: — " Dear, beauteous Death I thou jewel of the just, Shining nowhere but in the dark...mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man out-look the mark ! " As the deceased gentleman was himself the son of a minister in the Episcopal communion,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1861 - 498 pages
...trample on my days, My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. " 0 holy hope, and high humility, High as the heavens...Could man outlook that mark ! " He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; . But what fair field or... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...decays. O holy hope, and high humility ! High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have showed them me To kindle my cold love. Dear,...dust, Could man outlook that mark. ^ He that hath foand some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair dell... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 608 pages
...hope, and high humility, High as the heavens above! These are your walks, and ye have showed thorn me, To kindle my cold love. " Dear, beauteous Death...Could man outlook that mark ! " He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird bo flown ; But what fair fii;ld or grove... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust. LONGFELLOW. Vty ittnl of % lost. DEAR, beauteous death — the jewel of the just —...dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair dell or grove... | |
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