 How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung;...  Poems and Prose - Page 166de John Christie - 1892 - 219 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 436 pages
...of the human race ; and whose honourable names are echoed with rapture, even through the universe ! By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Fancy comes, at twilight grey, To bless the turf, that wraps their clay ; And Pity does a while repair,... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...then had neither influenca nor power, and who are no sooner gone to moulder in their narrow bed, than Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf, that wraps their clay. This distinction is only justice deferred. Those who. live for themselves alone, like Dives, may fare... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rang, By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1825 - 482 pages
...hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes* a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit... | |
 | 1825 - 262 pages
...O harmony," with awful sound. Wcbbes Gleet-. ,f" When winds breathe soft along the silent deep, J " By fairy hands their knell is rung, ," By forms unseen their dirge is sung." Ibid. Collini, MISS STEPHENS The Father of this accomplished vocalist was a Carver and Gilder in Park... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1826 - 464 pages
...hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By' fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pages
...immortality. Perhaps there was never anybody of men to whom Collins' beautiful ode is more applicable — " By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair... | |
 | 1826 - 534 pages
...sound."— ГРеЬЪе'и Glees. t "When winds breathe soft along the silent deep." — 1ЫЛ. J " By fairy, hands their knell is rung, By Forms unseen their dirge is sung." — Collins. quiem in a manner at once melodious and characteristic. The good sense with which this... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen...their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
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