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" JELL me, thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst breath ! Tell me how many mortals meet In this small hill of death ? The Mole, that scoops with curious toil Her subterranean bed, Thinks not she ploughs a human soil, And mines among the dead. "
The West Indies, and Other Poems - Page 104
by James Montgomery - 1810 - 160 pages
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The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White

Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...And the glories of Paradise mine. THE MOLE-HILL. TELL me. thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust thai once hadst breath .' Tell me how many mortals meet...curious toil Her subterranean bed, Thinks not she plows a human soil, And mines among the dead. 1 Bilberries, cluster-bcnios, and crano-berrieii. But,...
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Memoirs of the life, ministry, and character of the rev. William Jones, with ...

William Jones - 1842 - 294 pages
...spoils of time and mansions of the dead. On such occasions, my inquiring mind has asked,— ' Tell me, thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once...breath ! Tell me, how many mortals meet In this small spot of death ? * Methinks this dust yet heaves with breath; Ten thousand pulses beat: Tell me, in...
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The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ...

Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...shine : Then mine be the laurels of virtue alone. And the glories of Paradise mine. THE MOLE-HILL. TELL me, thou dust beneath my feet Thou dust that once...curious toil Her subterranean bed, Thinks not she plows a human soil, And mines among the dead. 1 Bilberries, cluster-berrics, and crano-berrifs. But,...
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The Poetical Works of James Montgomery

James Montgomery - English poetry - 1850 - 402 pages
...glories of Paradise mine. IS07. THE MOLE-HILL. TELL me, thon dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that onee hadst breath ! Tell me how many mortals meet In this small hill of death ? The mole that seoops with eurious toil Her subterranean bed, Thinks not she ploughs a human soil, And mines among...
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Flowers of Sacred Poetry ...

Benjamin Richings - 1855 - 338 pages
...MOLE-HILL IN A CHURCH- YARD. TEIL me, thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst hreath ; Tell me how many mortals meet In this small hill of death ? Where'er the mole turns up the ground, My kindred earth I see ; Once every atom of the mound Lived,...
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Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical ...

Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - Geology - 1859 - 446 pages
...become as remarkable for their sober propriety as for their beauty when employed here : " Tell me, them dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst breath,...how many mortals meet In this small hill of death? By wafting winds and flooding rains, From ocean, earth and sky, Collected, here the frail remains Of...
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Sketch Book of Popular Geology: Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read ...

Hugh Miller - Geology - 1859 - 444 pages
...flooding rains, From ocean, earth and sky, Collected, here the frail remains Of slumbering millions lie. The mole that scoops, with curious toil, Her subterranean bed, Thinks not she ploughs so rich a soil, And mines among the dead. But 0 ! where'er she turns the ground, My kindred earth I...
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Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical ...

Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - Geology - 1859 - 450 pages
...molehill, become as remarkable for their sober propriety as for their beauty when employed here : " Tell me, thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst breath, — Tell mo how many mortals meet In this small hill of death? By wafting winds and flooding rains, From ocean,...
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Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical ...

Hugh Miller - Geology - 1860 - 436 pages
...remarkable for their sober propriety as for their beauty when employed here : 18* " Tell me, thoti dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst breath,...how many mortals meet In this small hill of death? By wafting winds and flooding rains, From ocean, earth and sky, Collected, here the frail remains Of...
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Poems of James Montgomery

James Montgomery - English poetry - 1860 - 414 pages
...gathering gloom, May thy latest moments shine Through the night-fall of the tomb." THE MOLE-HILL. TELL me, thou dust beneath my feet, Thou dust that once hadst breath ! Tell me how many mortals meet Tn this small hill of death ? The mole that scoops with curious toil Her subterranean bed, Thinks not...
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