 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 seers of ages past, All in one...  Appletons' School Readers - Page 19by William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878Full view - About this book
 | 1875 - 828 pages
...Thanatopsis " : — " All that tread The globe, are bnt a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Bock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...resting place, Shalt thou retire, alone— nor could'st thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with...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... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...dreams." 2. (Solemnity and Sublimity, combined with Tranquillity.) " Yet not to thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch...With patriarchs of the infant world, — with kings, 9* The powerful of the earth, — the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, —... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 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 ; nor...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... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...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, Hock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...resting place Shalt thou retire alone, — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. 5. . The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...4. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting place With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. 5. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor...hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulcher. 4. The hills, Eock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 396 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 ; nor...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... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...combined with Tranquillity. [FROM THE THANATOPSIS.] — Bryant. " Yet not to thy eternal resting place , Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch...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... | |
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