 The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.  The Western Journal - Page 1481854Full view - About this book
 | 1914 - 1240 pages
...his Cato I acclaim that "The soul in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth Unhurt amid the wars of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush... | |
 | James W. Angell - Family & Relationships - 1991 - 132 pages
...of unspoiled wonder, youngsters in soiled football jeans and the sublime sounds of orange violins. The stars shall fade away, the Sun himself Grow dim with age and Nature sink in years; But Thou shali flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crash... | |
 | Bob Dye - Fiction - 1997 - 304 pages
...people attended the collation they sponsored at the Royal School. A banner over the commissary read: The stars shall fade away. The sun himself grow dim with age; But thou. O 4th of July— immortal day — Shall rule the world, and Have o'er Universe the sway.2... | |
 | Carl Seaburg - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 484 pages
...her Waves, and above me too, — "He was her lover!" — Had 1 a Claim to Fame? WILLIAM ROSE BENET The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. — From Cato JOSEPH ADDISON * That... | |
 | Frank R. Shivers - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 348 pages
...Ease, Calvert County: The soul secur'd in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point The stars shall fade away the sun himself grow dim with age and Nature sink in years, but thou shall flourish in immortal youth unhurt amidst the war of elements the wrecks of matter and the crush... | |
 | Terence Whalen - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 572 pages
...and punctuation: The soul secure in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim...but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. When I first broke the code,... | |
 | Andrew Britton - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 276 pages
...(Picturegoer, i8th November 1933, p.i3), the writer named as 'the Editor' begins: 'When Addison wrote: The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...in years But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, he might almost have been prophecying the future of Katharine Hepburn, this epitome of immortal youth... | |
 | The General Assembly of Spiritualists - Spiritualism - 2006 - 145 pages
...shall never die. The soul secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds !" — from Cato's "Soliloquy."... | |
 | James Mott Hallowell - History - 2006 - 105 pages
...stream of life, the journey had ended, and Lafayette slept with his fathers. Vive FSsprit de Lafayette! "The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shaft flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the... | |
 | Jason Shaffer - History - 2007 - 254 pages
...political capitulation into an eternal, disembodied exile — Cato addresses his soul in the second person: The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. (27-32) The reappearance of this soliloquy... | |
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