 | American literature - 1846 - 288 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and ye have showed them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death ! the jewel of the just ! Shining...do lie beyond thy 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... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1846 - 408 pages
...Prospect,' refers to the same uncertainty, in stanzas that, though somewhat quaint, are very striking. ' Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...do lie beyond thy 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 326 pages
...somewhat quaint, are very striking. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining no where but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown, But what... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 322 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have showed them me To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death ! the jewel of the just Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know At first si rht if the bird be flown ; But... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - English poetry - 1847 - 186 pages
...and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just, Shining no where but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! H. VAUGHAN. THE DEAD. NAME them not dead — the faithful whom Green earth closed lately o'er ; Nor... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - English poetry - 1847 - 186 pages
...and hoary, Mere glimmerings and decays. Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just, Shining no where but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! II. VAUCHAM. THE DEAD. NAME them not dead — the faithful whom Green earth closed lately o'er ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 552 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...do lie beyond thy 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... | |
 | Christian seasons - 1849
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have shew'd them me To kindle my cold love. Dear beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...lie beyond thy dust • Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 514 pages
...quaint, are very striking. ' . Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just. Shining no where but hi the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown, But what... | |
 | William Bradford Homer - Congregational churches - 1849 - 395 pages
...thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And yet as angels in some brighter dreams And into glory peep. Shining nowhere but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Dear, beauteous death ! the jewel of the just! Could man outlook that mark ! " NOTE. The preceding... | |
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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. 
