Comes a still voice : — yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course. Nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished... Favorite Authors in Prose and Poetry - Page 320edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
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...very striking passage from a poem called " Thanatopsis." " Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, — to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrend'ring up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother... | |
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...up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to th1 insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the...his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone — nor conld'st thou wish Couch more magnificent... | |
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...up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to th' insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the...roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. • Yet not to thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone — :nor could'st thou wish Couch more magnificent... | |
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...following very striking passage from a poem called "Thanaiopsis." " Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth, — to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrend'ring up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother... | |
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...very striking passage from a poem called " Thanaiopsis." " Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim Thy growth,— to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrend'ring up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother... | |
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