 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...  The Elements of Reading and Oratory - Pagina 169door Henry Mandeville - 1888 - 356 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pagina’s
...earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. 5. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. 6. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pagina’s
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Hock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, pour'd round Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, [all, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pagina’s
...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...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, pour'd round all Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pagina’s
...earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. 5. . The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between j The venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty ; and the complaining brooks That make the meadows... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pagina’s
...ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pagina’s
...earth — the wise, the 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 pensive quietness between; 40 The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows... | |
 | Nicholas K. Robinson, Edmund Burke - 1996 - 233 pagina’s
...Victories East India Conquests &c &c' while Burke's subconscious recalls these lines from Shakespeare: This royal Throne of Kings this sceptred isle This Earth of Majesty, this Seat of Mars This fortress built by Nature for herself Against Infection and the hand of War This Nurse,... | |
 | Norman Davies - 1996 - 1428 pagina’s
...spoils of France. But he was expressing a sentiment that grew from the conflicts of that earlier age: This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi- paradise This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 pagina’s
...promising us immortality the poet asks us to take comfort from the beauty of our common sepulcher: The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the...brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of... | |
 | Martin Coyle - 1999 - 196 pagina’s
...not that the conclusion of it (which looks prophetic) may qualify any improper degree of exultation: This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This...this seat of Mars, This other Eden - demi-paradise . . . Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. The character of Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV is... | |
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