 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...  The Elements of Reading and Oratory - Pagina 169di Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 356 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pagine
...good — Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages pasl, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now... | |
 | 1822 - 298 pagine
...good, Fair 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...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | 1822 - 858 pagine
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All iu one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-rihb'd and ancient as the sun,.— the vales Stretching in...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste,— Arc but the solemu decorations all 510 OS the great touib of nun. The... | |
 | 1879 - 1042 pagine
...that any one has more vividly described the Earth as 'the great tomb of man.' ' The hills, Hock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and, pourcJ round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great... | |
 | 1822 - 824 pagine
...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the rales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey aud melancholy waste,— Arc but the solemu décorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | 1822 - 764 pagine
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one- mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbM 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pagine
...good, Fair 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...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, , Are ginning on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1823 - 392 pagine
...blast, Sweeps the long track of day !" I have chosen England for the scene of an Epic Poem — England This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradisn. This fortress built by nature for herself Against infection... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pagine
...good — Fair 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...rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks Thai make ihe meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy wasle, — Are... | |
 | 1901 - 744 pagine
...context. Lord Bosebery asks us to remember how incomparably Shakespeare described the seat of empire : " This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, deini-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself, Against infection... | |
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