 | William S. Burroughs - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 308 pages
...is] the worst danger? It happens when the beast is cornered. Not so intelligent, but very purposeful. "And freedom shall a while repair to dwell a weeping hermit there . . . gradual dusky veil" I forget the poet's name. "When spring with dewy fingers cold returns to... | |
 | Abigail Adams, John Adams - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 438 pages
...hands their knell is rung By forms unseen their Dirge is sung Their [There] Honour comes a pilgrim grey To Bless the turf that wraps their Clay And freedom...a while repair To Dwell a weeping Hermit there. I rejoice in the prospect of the plenty you inform me of, but cannot say we have the same agreable veiw... | |
 | John Adams - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 580 pages
...hands their knell is rung By forms unseen their Dirge is sung Their [There] Honour comes a pilgrim grey To Bless the turf that wraps their Clay And freedom...shall a while repair To Dwell a weeping Hermit there. . . PORTIA JA to AA July 23 1775 MY DEAR You have more than once in your Letters mentioned Dr. Franklin,... | |
 | John Adams - Literary Collections - 2003 - 516 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!"3 I rejoice in the prospect of plenty you inform me... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 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. WILLIAM COLLINS ENGLISH (1721-1759) Breathes there... | |
 | Leonard Weber - Art - 2005 - 52 pages
...field than ignominiously hang upon the Gallows. Great is our Loss. Their Honour comes a pilgrim grey To bless the turf that wraps their Clay And freedom...shall a while repair To dwell a weeping Hermit there ABIGAIL ADAMS, IN A LETTER TO JOHN ADAMS AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN PHILADELPHIA. Colonel William... | |
 | Joseph Carey - 2005 - 188 pages
...cemetery, where, as on Arlington Heights above the Potomac, sleep the Nation's dead; and "There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay." After your visit to the Presidio you will naturally desire to go to the Cliff House, that world renowned... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 361 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 ! TWO VETERANS1 BY WALT WHITMAN The last sunbeam Lightly... | |
 | William Wells Brown - African American soldiers - 2007 - 401 pages
...have ever trod : By forms unseen, their dirge is sung ; By fairy hands, their knell is rung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that...a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there." CHAPTER XLL PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. Origin of Andrew Johnson. — His Speeches in Tennessee. —The... | |
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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... 
