So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained... Readings in American Poetry - Pagina 15door Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| D. L. Carroll - 1846 - 384 pagina’s
...all the impressive solemnitiesof this funeral scene, that each one of you be ready, so that when "Thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thoa go not like the quarry slave at night Scourged... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pagina’s
...are the images, they but serve to deepen the simple monition at the close : " So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry slave at ni?ht, Scourged... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pagina’s
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pagina’s
...that the syllables be accented.f Blank verse is verse without rhyme ; as, " So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, What care should be observed in reading poetry... | |
| Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pagina’s
...caravanb that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pagina’s
...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| 1847 - 454 pagina’s
...grandenr, that reminds us of those who wrote by inspiration of God. " So live, that when thy summons come to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halle of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave, at night,... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1847 - 640 pagina’s
...His Poem entitled Thanalopsis, cannot be too highly commended: "So live, that when thy summons come to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take [• His chamber in the silent halls of death, Then go not like the quarry-slave at night,... | |
| 1848 - 276 pagina’s
...babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gatherered to thy side, By those, who in then' turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 pagina’s
...that the syllables be accented.! Blank verse is verse without rhyme ; as, " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...quarry-slave, at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach the grave, Like one that draws the drapery... | |
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