 The venerable form — the exalted mind. My spirit yearns to bring The lost ones back — yearns with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. In vain — thy gates deny All passage, save to those who...  Southern Review - Pagina 4461831Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1828 - 384 pagine
...— thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart : Nor to the streaming eye Thou giv'st them back — nor to the broken heart. In thy abysses...her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith — Love, that midst grief began, And grew... | |
 | Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 pagine
...the lines to "The Past," we heard a note as thrilling from " the dark backward and abysm of time." "Thou unrelenting Past! Strong are the barriers round...her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea." pp. 21, 22. " Thanatopsis," one of his earliest and most popular poems, may be in a lower strain than... | |
 | 1832 - 868 pagine
...back, nor to the broken heart. In Ihy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown— to thee hartU's wonder and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith,— Love that 'midst grief began, And grew... | |
 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1833 - 64 pagine
...empires sit in sullermess and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown....her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Full many a mighty name Lurks in thy depths, unuttered, unrevered, With thee are silent Fame, Forgotten... | |
 | 1837 - 408 pagine
...yearns to bring The lost ones back — yearns with desire intense, And struggles hard to wring The bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence. " In vain...and her pride Are gathered as the waters to the sea. " Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith, — Love that midst grief began, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pagine
...— thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thou giv'st them back — nor to the broken heart In thy abysses...and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea ; Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith, — Love, that midst grief began, And... | |
 | 1836 - 378 pagine
...empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown....her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea. Full many a mighty name Lurks in thy depths, unuttered, unrevered, With thee are silent Fame, Forgotten... | |
 | 1837 - 412 pagine
...vain ; — thy gates deny All passage, save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the streaming eye Thon givest them back, nor to the broken heart. " In thy...and her pride Are gathered as the waters to the sea. " Labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith, — Love that midst grief began, And... | |
 | 740 pagine
...to the ground, And last, Man's Life on earth, Glide to thy dim dominions, and ar« bound. Bryant. " In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown...and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea ; " labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith — Love, that 'midst grief began,... | |
 | 1867 - 738 pagine
...draws us to the p<n»' And last, Mail 9 Life on earth, Glide to thy dim dominions, and an bound 127 " In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown—...and her pride Are gathered, as the waters to the sea j " labours of good to man, Unpublished charity, unbroken faith — Love, that 'midst grief began,... | |
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