 | 1863 - 538 pages
...more applicable — " By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there ! " Begging, therefore, to be excused from any direct... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 pages
...have ever trod. By' fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.'* Collins. 1746. The unfortunate author of these inimitable... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU,... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU,... | |
 | Night watch - 1828 - 596 pages
...have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there. COLLINS. " THE burial of my poor shipmate being finished,... | |
 | Joseph Brown Ladd, W. B. Chittenden - 1832 - 252 pages
...feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There, honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that...a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there."* * Collins. Vv174 But we turn to take a view of those worthy authors of our independence who have survived... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns, English - 1832 - 484 pages
...ever trod. • By fairy-hands their knell is rnng, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps...a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there." Collins. i'.K. The unfortunate author of these inimitable lines, a little while before his death,—... | |
 | John Newland Maffitt - 1832 - 254 pages
...feet have ever trod. By fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.' — Collins. The unfortunate author of these inimitable... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...feet have ever trod. * By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; — And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there.' ' These stanzas,' says Mr. Montgomery, ' are quite... | |
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... How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is... 
