 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 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...a while repair To dwell, a weeping hermit there." COLLINS. Again ; what a quantity of thought is here condensed in the compass of twelve lines, like... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 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 ; And Freedom dial! a while repair To dwell, a weeping hermit, there." COLLINS. Again ; what a quantity of thought... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - Literature - 1833 - 550 pages
...hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's feet have ever trod. There Honor cornea, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf, that wraps their clay ; — And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit, there. 'Still less let us forget, on this auspicious anniversary,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...ever trod. 2. 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. LfiSSON Home. 1. WHERE burns the loved... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 592 pages
...ever trod ; By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There HOKOÜR comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps...shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there. 1 The following panegyric upon Sir Ralph in another character was written before his death. — " As... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 652 pages
...deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; — And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping In TIN it there.' Still less let us forget, on this auspicious anniversary,... | |
 | George Lunt - Fourth of July orations - 1836 - 36 pages
...ever trod ! By spirit 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 h«rmit there ! 24 This book should be returned to the Library on... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 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 a while repair, And dwell a weeping hermit there. The Pleasures of Imagination, by MARK AKENSIDE (1721—1770), published... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 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 a while repair, And dwell a weeping hermit there. The Pleasures of Imagination, by MARK AKENSIDE (1721-1770), published... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 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...a while repair To dwell, a weeping hermit there." COLLINS. Again ; what a quantity of thought is here condensed in the compass of twelve lines, like... | |
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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... 
