Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die ; but see again, \ How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses, — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave... The United States Literary Gazette - Seite 291825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1826 - 524 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works 1 read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see,...on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — every gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly... | |
| 1826 - 192 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see,...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth possess — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die : but see,...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses—ever gay and beautiful youth— In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die : but see,...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly tint their ancestors Moulder beneath them. 0, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom... | |
| John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die : but see,...proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries,... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youtli presses — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see,...not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, 4* After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies And yet shall lie.... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 Seiten
...work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die : but see,...presses — ever gay and beautiful youth — In all its beaatiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their ancestors Moulder beneath them.... | |
| 1838 - 348 Seiten
...ever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo I all grow old and die : hut see, again, How, on the faltering footsteps of decay, Youth presses — ever gay and heautiful youth In all its heautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their aneestors... | |
| George Combe - 1839 - 422 Seiten
...finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works, I read Tlie lesson of thy own eternity. I ,» ! all grow old and die ! But see again, How on the faltering...proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them !" If this organ be, as I believe, the Love of the New, then its activity is probably an element in... | |
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