 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...  The Household Book of Poetry - Page 779edited by - 1890 - 862 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills THAN A TOPSIS. 573 Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun — the vales...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning — and the... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 pages
...pensive quietness between; The vencrnble woods ; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooka That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all,...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.— Take the wings Of morning, traverse Barea's... | |
 | 1870 - 314 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round a]], Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, — and the... | |
 | 1871 - 320 pages
...the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepubhre. The hills Kock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales , Stretching in...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, traverse... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 pages
...Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The vencrable woods ; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, traverse... | |
 | 1871 - 308 pages
...venerable woods, — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows gretn ; and, poured round all , Old ocean's gray and melancholy...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, — and the... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...and grow sick at heart ; — * Duyckinck's Cyclopaedia of American Literature. f Christopher North. Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, traverse Barca's... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, — All in one mighty sepulcher. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning ; traverse Barca's... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'dand bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and tke Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and tke Barcan... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 492 pages
...beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last...the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. — Take the wings Of morning, pierce the... | |
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