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... With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry - Seite 115von Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 290 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 Seiten
...their country's wishes blest ? When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there. COIJJNS. Epitaph on the Countess of 'Pembroke. Underneath this marble hearse Lies the subject of all... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...Act 3, Sc. 2. SHAKSPEARK. Moon. 3! - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair... | |
| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 Seiten
...— Act 3, Sc. 2. SHAKSPBARB. Moon. 31. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,...sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By faiiy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...Written in tht Year 1746. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest Î from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every...Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration Ode to Evening. If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May nope, chaste Eve, to soothe thy modest... | |
| John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 Seiten
...Dulce et decorum est pro patrid mori — " How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ; When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,...their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes a Pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
| John Hill Wheeler - 1851 - 644 Seiten
...be proud of her Caswell. " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest . With all their country's honors blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns...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,... | |
| Ambrose Maclandreth (fict.name.) - 1851 - 180 Seiten
...all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring with dewy fingers cold Returns to deck their Imllow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
| John Hill Wheeler - 1851 - 876 Seiten
...justly be proud of her Caswell. " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's honors blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns...dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. * t *• By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forras unseen their dirge is song ; . There Honor comes,... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746.1 How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,...shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY. Strophe. O Thou, who sit'st a smiling bride, By Valour's armed and awful side, Gentlest... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 Seiten
...all their country's wishes hlest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowM mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY. Strophe. O THOU ! who sitt'st a smiling bride, By Valour's arm'd and awful side, Gentlest... | |
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