She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell 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,... Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions - Página 370por Edward Everett - 1836 - 637 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 páginas
...influence own, ODE, WRITTEN Df THE BEGINNING OP THE YEAR 1746. 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 hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands... | |
| 1849 - 820 páginas
...chances of war, or respect as soldiers who fell in defence of their country. Peace to their manes. " How sleep the brave who sink to rest, With all their country's wishes blest.'' Respectfully submitted, THEODORE R. DE FOREST, JACOB L. DODGE, NIEL GRAY, WASHINGTON SMITH, THOMAS... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 páginas
...frons est ; hanc tegat apta salix. The Sleep of the Brave. 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 hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands... | |
| Isaac Q. Leake - 1850 - 464 páginas
...notice, ascribed at the time to the pen of Dr. Peter Irving, is extracted from Denniston's paper: " How sleep the brave! who sink to rest; With all their country's wishes blest. On Saturday morning, departed for a better world, our much respected fellow citizen, Gen. JOHN LAMB;... | |
| John Hill Wheeler - 1851 - 610 páginas
...justly be proud of her Caswell. " How sleep the bravo, who sink to rest With all their country's honors blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns...mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's foot have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There... | |
| Ambrose Maclandreth (fict.name.) - 1851 - 180 páginas
...whose tragical end we have already noticed." CHAPTER V1IL " 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 Imllow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. " By fairy hands... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 páginas
...THE BRAVE. WILLIAM COLLINS, bom 1720, died 1786. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all theii 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 feet have ever trod. By fairy hands... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 páginas
...! 18. ODE. — William Collins. Born, 1720 ; died, 1756. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with...Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dross a sweeter sod Than Fancy's foet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 800 páginas
...voice, every now and then, choked with emotion : — " How sleep d,e brave, who sink to rest, , By all 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, Thau Fancy's feet have ever trod. By Fairy hands... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 páginas
...voice, every now and then, choked with emotion : — " 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 hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By Fairy hands... | |
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