...trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be ;» brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish...send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou...

...And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go K To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. *° I. The title means a meditation on death (Thanatos, in Greek); it was chosen by the editors...

...resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother...The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. True, shortly after writing the poem, Bryant emphasized in his subsequent verse the Unitarian...

...go 19. Chuang-tzu, 7.26b; Legge, The Writings of Kwang-zze, II, 66-67; Wilhelm, Dschuang Dsi, 165. To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother...The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. And the conclusion: So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which...

...trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To he a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish...his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his r<x>ts abroad, and pierce thy mould. In associationist terms, Bryant is creating the simple, unified...

...again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch...

...again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch...

...And, lost each human trace, surrendering up 25 Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak 30 Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt...

...again. And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. (P, 31) Bryant's lines on death as union with nature and on stoic acceptance of the passage of time...

...resolved to earth again. And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother...Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold. Four years later, when Bryant had moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts to start his own legal practice,...