| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods—rivers that move la majesty, and the complaining brooks 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. The golden... | |
| Books - 1843 - 574 pages
...Stretching in pensive quietness between : The venerable woods ; — rivers Unit move Tn majesty ; anii the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and poured round all Old oceanY grey and melancholy waste." But we arc off to the fruitful plains of Leinster, furnishing another... | |
| American literature - 1867 - 796 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...— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great toriib of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite hosts of heaven, Arc shining on the sad... | |
| Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - Christian ethics - 1844 - 572 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...poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all... | |
| Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 392 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...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
| William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 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 grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...ages post. All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills. Hock-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 grey and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...one ' mighty \ sepulchre. — The hills II Rock-ribb'd \ and ancient ' as the sun, — the vales II Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable...' that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks II 35 That make the meadows green ; and, poured round £11, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...mighty \ sepulchre. — The hills II Rock-ribb'd \ and ancient ' as the SUM, — the adfes 0 Strelching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods,...' that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks II 35 Thai make ihe meadows gre'en ; and, poured round dZZ, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,... | |
| Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 390 pages
...vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move VOL. III. I In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
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