 So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which 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...  The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks - Page 4191923 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grayheaded man, — Shall one by one...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 Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 pages
...life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed THE YELLOW VIOLET. WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 320 pages
...life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed THE YELLOW VIOLET. WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...he who goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grey-headed man,— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,...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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grey-bended man, — Shall one by one be gathered t<i thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By nn unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...one be gathered to thy side. By those, who in their turn shall follow them. Po live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which...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... | |
 | Theodore Clapp - 1857 - 450 pages
...began by rehearsing the closing lines of Bryant's " Thanatopsis : " — " ' So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which...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... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...one, be gather'd to thy side. By those who in their turn shall follow them. 6. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon', but, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust', approach thy grave' Like one who wraps the drapery... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...who goes In the full strength of years, matron,, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray headed man— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, oud the gray-headed man — Shall, one by one, be gathcr'd to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
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