 The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy...  Religious Consolation - Page 52by Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1837 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now... | |
 | 1822 - 858 pages
...and ancient as the sun,.— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste,— Arc but the solemu decorations all 510 OS the great touib of nun. The... | |
 | American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | 1822 - 764 pages
...the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers'that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — • Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The... | |
 | Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...Hock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and, pourcJ round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, , Are ginning on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...brooks Thai make ihe meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy wasle, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now come to the prose writers. We shall speak merely of a few of those who have contributed to general... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move • In majesty, and the complaining...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured roui all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move Tn majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of... | |
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