 Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary...  The Oral Study of Literature - Page 290by Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient äs the sun, the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1854 - 388 pages
...upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould Yet not to thine eternal resiing-place Shalt thou retire alone — nor couldst thou wish...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - Bible as literature - 1854 - 316 pages
...boldness and delicacy to the modulation : " Yet not to thine eternal rest'ing-place Shalt' thou return alone, — nor' couldst thou wish Couch' more magnificent....and hoary seers' of ages past, All' in one mi'ghty se'pulchre. — The hills', Rock'-riV>bed' and an'cient as the sun ; — the vales', Stretching' in... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone —...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - English language - 1855 - 324 pages
...boldness and delicacy to the modulation : " Yet not to thine eternal rest'ing-place Shalt' thou return alone,— nor' couldst thou wish Couch' more magnificent....and hoary seers' of ages past, All' in one mi'ghty se'pulchre. — The hills', Kock'-rib'bed and an'cient.as the sun ; — the vales', Stretch'ing iu... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1855 - 444 pages
...| and treads upon. | The oaA Shall send his roots abroad, | and pierce thy mould. ', Yet not to thy eternal resting-place, | Shalt thou retire alone,...powerful of the earth — | the wise', | the good', ] Fair1 forms,, | and hoary seers' of ages past1, | All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, | Rock-ribb'd,... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Hock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...swain turns with his share and treads upon. The oak shall send his roots abroad and pierce thy mould. "Yet not to thine eternal resting-place, shalt thou...and hoary seers of ages past; — all in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales, stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - Poetry - 1978 - 398 pages
...version, to line 66. Bryant added the comforting framework to the poem in 1821 and retained it thereafter. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou...The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, M Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and... | |
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