 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...comforts sit, In the wildest weather; Oh ! they wander wide who roam, For the joys of life, from home. THE COMMON LOT. Once, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man : and who was he? Mortal I howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...me there ! Even silent night proclaims my soul immortal ! 46. THE COMMON LOT. — Jamet Montgomery. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man;...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perished from the earth ; This truth survives alone : — That joy and grief, and hope and fear,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 490 pages
...Sheffield, when the ground was covered with snow, the sky serene, and the morning air intensely pure. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perish'd from the earth ; This truth survives alone : — That joy and grief, and hope and fear,... | |
 | 1854 - 606 pages
...poetical associations of his boyhood, spent as it was amid Scotia's rugged hills. J»£ eOMMOfl £01ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man! and...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perished from the earth, This truth survives alone! That joy, and grief, and hope, and fear, Alternate... | |
 | 1854 - 608 pages
...Christian heart, constitute his remaining works. • ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man I and who was he? Mortal! howe'er thy lot be cast, That...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perished from the earth, This truth survives alone! That joy, and grief, and hope, and fear, Alternate... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...precious things from thee: "Restore the Dead, thou Sea!" XXXI.— THE COMMON LOT James Montgomery. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, there lived a man...birth; the land in which he died, unknown: his name has perished from the earth: this truth survives alone; — that joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1856 - 602 pages
...Zion, which have cheered many a Christian heart, constitute his remaining works. Iȣ 60 MO If JO I. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man!...birth, The land in which he died unknown: His name has perished from the earth, This truth survives alone! That joy, and grief, and hope, and fe-ir, Alternate... | |
 | William Ross Wallace - 1856 - 192 pages
...were closing to the world at large, but opening to him. A. OAKEY HALL. • POETRY ON THE DEAD, Common ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a MAN...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perished from the earth ; This truth survives alone — That joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...the midst of the swelling chorus of national enthusiasm. * * 2. THE COMMON LOT. — James Montgomery. Once, in the flight of ages past ' There lived a man : — and who was he ? Mortal t howe'er thy lot be cast That man resembled thee. Unkn6wn | the region of his birth, The land in which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...comforts sit, In the wildest weather; Oh ! they wander wide who roam, For the joys of life, from home. THE COMMON LOT. Once, in the flight of ages past,...a man : and who was he ? Mortal ! howe'er thy lot he cast, That man resemhled thee. Unknown the region of his hirth, The land in which he dicd unknown... | |
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LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man:— and WHO was HE ? — Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he .died unknown : His name has... 
