 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...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...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...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...venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty ; and ihe complaining brooks, Thai make the meadows green : and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - 1841 - 250 pages
...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 pensive quietness between The venerable woods — rivers that move Tn majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and poured round all, Old ocean's... | |
 | 1840 - 560 pages
...complaining brooks. That make the meadows green, and poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy watte, Are but the solemn decorations all, Of the great tomb of man.* descends to dust.' The grave ! let us break its awful spell, its dread dominion. It is the place where... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...hoary seers' of ages past', | All in one mighty sepulchre. | The hills, | Rock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun' ; | the vales', | Stretching in pensive...meadows green, ; | and, pour'd round all' | Old ocean's grey, and melancholy waste', | Are but the solemn decorations all', I Of the great tomb of man,. |... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rook-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...one mighty sepulehre. — The hills R'H'k-ribb'd. and ancient as the sun. — the vales stretohins in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods...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 great tomb... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...that move In majesty, and the complaining brooka That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round aD, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste ; Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. Remark 1. — Whatever inflection may have been given 8 word or passage, when first expressed, it has... | |
 | Thomas Moule - 1842 - 276 pages
...heraldry ; but an undulated line expressive of waves, and conveying the idea of water, is commonly used. - Rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green, are equally depicted on the shields of feudal lords where privilege or potency is necessary to be shown.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...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 pensive quietness...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 great tomb... | |
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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... 
