 | Scotland - 1845 - 1048 pages
...ever trod. By angels' hands their knell is rung, By forms unscen their dirge is sung, There virtue comes, a pilgrim gray To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And piety shall stiH repair, To dwell a wceping hermit there. In the autumn of 1 833, this parish was deprived... | |
 | American periodicals - 1845 - 638 pages
...most famous odes. When spring with dewy fingers cold Returns to deck their hallowed mould. * * * There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay. THOUGHTS ON THE POETS. 225 Who has not envied the sleep of the brave thus guarded and graced ? Who... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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 ! TO OUR ELDEST HEIR. — Mrs. Henry Coleridge. DEEM... | |
 | Presidents - 1846 - 456 pages
...trod ; By fairy forms their dirge is sung — By hands unseen their knell is rung; — 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 ! EULOGY DELIVERED AT NEW YORK CITY, JUNE 24, 1845, BY... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...odes : When spring with dewy fingers cold Returns to deck their hallowed mould. * * * * There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay. Who has not envied the sleep of the brave thus guarded and graced ? Who has not been thrilled at the... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 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." Here we have something beside mere rhyme. The stanzas... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall wake them from their lowly bed. 3. 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. 4. Each lonely scene shall thee restore, For... | |
 | New England - 1847 - 498 pages
...mouldering heap." The sod that covers men like these is " consecrated ground," and there shall honor come, " a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there." In our ramble to this hallowed spot, we took pains... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall wake them from. their lowly bed. 3. There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; Apd Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there ! COLLINS. 4. Each lonely scene shall... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...Fancy's feet have 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...shall a while repair To dwell a weeping hermit there." What a quantity of thought is here condensed in the compass of twelve lines, like a cluster of rock... | |
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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... 
