| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 468 pagine
...shall molt in gloom,— The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time I I saw the last of human mold, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime! 2. The sun's... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pagine
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mold That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 2. The Sun's eye had a sickly glare,... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pagine
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...sweep Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mold That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 2. The Sun's eye had a sickly glare,... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pagine
...sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, 5 That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 10 The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
| Samuel Hutchins - 1868 - 120 pagine
...human beings to dispute about the possession. In one of his poems, "The Last Man," Campbell says : " I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mold That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime. The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The... | |
| Oak apples, D Y - 1868 - 94 pagine
...so well ? ' 3. ' Merrily, merrily, shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.' 4. ' I saw the last of human mould, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime.' 5. ' But one thing want these banks of Hhine, Thy gentle hand to clasp in mine.' 0. ' I have seen the... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pagine
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The snn himself mnst die, Before this mortal shall assnme Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gnlf of time ! I saw the last of hnman monld, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime... | |
| Alexander Henley Grant - 1869 - 646 pagine
...melt in gloom — The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw s vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to...of human mould, That shall creation's death behold, Ať Adam saw her prime. The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons... | |
| 1870 - 464 pagine
...Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 10 The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age...lonely man! Some had expired in fight, — the brands 15 Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread;... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pagine
...sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, 5 That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! 10 The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
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