 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 rung;...  Elegant extracts in poetry - Pàgina 790per Elegant extracts - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pàgines
...all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowM mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pàgines
...their country's wishes blest? When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow VI mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...rung ; By -forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | Hugh Gray - 1809 - 438 pàgines
...wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung. There, Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the mould that wraps their clay : And Freedom shall awhile repair... | |
 | Hugh Gray (writer on Canada.) - 1809 - 440 pàgines
...wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung. There, Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the mould that wraps their clay : And Freedom shall awhile repair... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...close such scene from every future view. ODE. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung , There Honour com*s, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while repair,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pàgines
...sleep the hrave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes hlest! When Spring, with dewy lingers cold. Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there...hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge a song; There Honour comes, • pilgrim pray, To hless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom... | |
 | 1819 - 394 pàgines
...country's wishes blest ? When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck the hallow'd mold, She then shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pàgines
...sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest I When spring with dewy ringers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there...is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung, There honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | William Collins - 1815 - 118 pàgines
...who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes hlest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returus to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress...trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms uuseen their dirge is sang ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To hless the turf that wraps their... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1816 - 494 pàgines
...history shall transmit to future ages the record of their deathless fame. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is cung. Here honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall... | |
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