 | 1852 - 406 pages
...behind Nature, if you are behind the times. f JDonm <£a0t anb ©at tihst. " The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun : the vales Stretching in pensive...quietness between The venerable woods: rivers that move In mnjesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green.'' * * * * . " These are the gardens... | |
 | 1853 - 478 pages
...American scenery which the perplexed Othello could hardly have enjoyed : — "The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in...round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste." Such is the vicinity in which DANA has found a home congenial with his spirit. But I know not how to... | |
 | 1853 - 504 pages
...which the perplexed Othello could hardly have enjoyed : — "The hills Rock-ribb'd, and ancient SB the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste." Such is the vicinity in which DANA has found a home congenial with his spirit. But I know not how to... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 354 pages
...pleasant dreams. The bills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietude between — The venerable 'woods — rivers that move...complaining brooks That make the meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy 'waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | 1852 - 44 pages
...Do not be behind Nature, if you are behind the times. Dotnn €ast anir ©nt " The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun : the vales Stretching in pensive...quietness between The venerable woods: rivers that move j* In majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green." * * * # " These are the gardens... | |
 | Sharon Scholl - 1984 - 252 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and poured all round, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Of the great tomb of man. Here is no arena... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pages
...pleasant dreams. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietude between — The venerable woods — rivers that move...complaining brooks That make the meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | Aldo Leopold - 1992 - 400 pages
...the noblest expression of this anthropomorphism is Bryant's "Thanatopsis": ... The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and, poured round all Old oceans gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...meadows green; and, pour'd round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
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The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy... 
