 | English literature - 1832 - 598 pages
...past — All in one mighty sepulchre ! The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between — The venerable...meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden... | |
 | Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
...prepared a grave for all her children. "The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable...meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | Joseph Droz - Happiness - 1832 - 340 pages
...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The lull -, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable...That make the meadows green, and, poured round all, 01.1 ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.'... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable...meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...majesty, and the complaining brook, That make the meadows green, and poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations, all, Of the great tomb of man.' TIIOUGHTVILLE. TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS. ON a pleasant evening in August, 1 was set down at a hotel,... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...the sun,—the vales The venerable woods—rivers that move Stretching in pensive quietness between; In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the...meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.— Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, Are but the solemn decorations... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...mighty sepulehre. Tho hills, Roek-ribbed and aneient as the sun ; the vales, Stretehing in pensivo quietness between ; The venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty ; and the eomplaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old oeean's gray and melaneholy... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable...meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 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...meadows green; and, poured round all« Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
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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... 
