... high, . , That could not fear, and would not bow, Were written in his manly eye, And on his manly brow. Praise to the bard ! — his words are driven, Like flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame... Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems - Page 22by Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1827 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
| Almanacs, English - 1830 - 472 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame are flown. Praise to the man! a nation stood Beside his coffin...eyes, Her brave, her beautiful, her good, As when a lov'd one dies. And still, as on his funeral day, Men stand his cold earth-couch around, With the mute... | |
| American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...the bard !—His words are driven, Like flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Praise to the man!—A nation stood Beside his coffin with wet eyes, Her...lives upon all memories, Though with the buried gone. The Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind. Such graves as his are pilgrim-shrines,... | |
| United States - 1840 - 544 pages
...flower-seed by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, . The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! a nation stood Beside his coffin...ground. And consecrated ground it is, The last, the hallow'd home of one Who lives upon all memories, Though with the buried gone. C2 riuch graves an hi•... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! a nation stood Beside his coffin...ground. And consecrated ground it is, The last, the hallow'd home of one Who lives upon all memories, Though with the buried gone. Such graves as his are... | |
| Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er beneath the sky of heaven The birds of fame have flown. nes appear in Cromek's " Reliques of Burns," and also in the " Letters cold-earth couch around, With the mute homage that we pay To consecrated ground. And consecrated ground... | |
| 1842 - 818 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praine to the man ! a nation stood Beside his coffin with...day. Men stand his cold earth-couch around, With the mule homage that we pay To consecrated ground." • « • Second only to Burns, is the airy, graceful... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! a nation stood Beside his collin with wet eyes, Her brave, her beautiful, her good,...day, Men stand his cold earth-couch around, With the muU' homage that we pay To consecrated ground. • And consecrated ground it is, The last, the hallow'd... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! a nation stood Beside his coffin...ground. And consecrated ground it is, The last, the hallow'cl home of one Who lives upon all memories, Though with the buried gone. Such graves as his... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1843 - 324 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man! a nation stood Beside his coffin...loved one dies. And still, as on his funeral day, With the mute homage that we pay To consecrated ground. Men stand his cold earth-couch around, And... | |
| Charles William Everest - American literature - 1844 - 474 pages
...flower-seeds by the far winds sown, Where'er, beneath the sky of heaven, The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! A nation stood Beside his coffin...consecrated ground it is, The last, the hallowed home of one Such graves as his are pilgrim-shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined, — The Delphian vales,... | |
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