 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb. Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'T is mercy bids thee go ; For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1846 - 120 pages
...cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...shook the sere leaves from the wood As if a storm passed by, Saying, We are twins in death, proud Sun ! Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 pages
...stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sear leaves from the wood, As if a storm passed by ; Saying, " We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'T is Mercy bids thee go ; For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears,... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 pages
...stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sear leaves from the wood, As if a storm passed by ; Saying, "We are twins in death, proud Sun, Thy face is cold, thy race is run, 'T is Mercy bids thee go ; For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...no so"und or tread, And 'ships were drifting with the dead — • To shores where all was dumb ! P. Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless words and high, That shook the sear leaves from the wood, As if a storm passed by ; Saying, " We are twins in death, proud Sun ; Thy... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 pages
...plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood With dauntless...thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy bids thee go ; For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears, That shall no longer flow. What though... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 pages
...cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb ! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy bids thee go. For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears, That shall no longer flow. What though... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...Still rusted in their bony hands, In plague and famine some : Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...race is run — 'Tis mercy bids thee go; For thou, ten thousand, thousand years, Hast seen the tide of human tears, That shall no longer flow. " What... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb! Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...thy race is run, 'Tis Mercy bids thee go. For thou ten thousand thousand years Hast seen the tide of human tears, That shall no longer flow. What though... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 pages
...cities had no sound nor tread, And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb. Yet, prophet-like, that lone one stood, With dauntless...and high, That shook the sere leaves from the wood t As if a storm passed by, Saying, " We are twins in death, proud Sun , Thy face is cold, thy race... | |
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Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread ; And ships were drifting with... 
