 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1856 - 602 pages
...I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold....nations were Around that lonely man! Some had expired in fight,—the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some! Earth's cities had... | |
 | William Ross Wallace - 1856 - 192 pages
...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold As Adam saw her...The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man 1 . Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, — In plague and famine... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 pages
...sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan The skeletons of nations wero Around that lonely man ! Some bad expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some 1 Earth's cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...•bile in pathos and in imaginative power it is no whit inferior."— Mom. 37 CAMPBELL. [VJfTOHlA The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Aronnd that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands... | |
 | Francis Fulford - 1859 - 120 pages
...saw a vision in ray sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold,...lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands t Still rusted in their bony hands, — In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor... | |
 | Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1859 - 484 pages
...I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime I The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
 | Henry Heavisides - 1860 - 144 pages
...saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold,...plague and famine some ; Earth's cities had no sound or tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet prophet-like, that... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 pages
...saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep A down the gulf of time! I saw Ihe last of human mould. That shall Creation's death behold,...man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusled in their bony hands; In plague and famine some! Earth's cities I ad no sound nor tread, And... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold,...man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rested in then- bony hands — In plague and famine some : Earth's cities had no sound or tread, And... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...! I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my senses power to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold,...eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan j The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brand Still... | |
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The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some! 
