 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...  Annual Register - Page 217edited by - 1768Full view - About this book
 | James Davie Butler, George Frederick Houghton - Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777 - 1849 - 122 pages
...fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than iancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands, their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung, Their Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the turf that wraps their clay,... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...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, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 772 pages
...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 ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung. Here Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay,... | |
 | Mormons - 1898 - 494 pages
...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, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay,... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Great Britain - 744 pages
...fimple : How ffeep the brave, who fink to reft, With all their country,s wifhes bleft l When Spring, with dewy fingers cold. Returns to deck their hallow,d mold. She there fhall drefs a fweeter fod Than Fancy,s feet have ever trod. 3° Langhorne juftly obferves, that " it is in the lower walks, the plain... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...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, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Retums to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod, By fairy hands their knell is rung. By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the turf that wraps their clay,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...with dewy fingers cold 422 1 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; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their... | |
 | John Adams - Literary Collections - 2003 - 516 pages
...Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 361 pages
...Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay... | |
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