Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of... First (-Sixth) illustrated reader - Page 67by Illustrated reader - 1874Full view - About this book
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1832 - 648 pages
...goes 406 407 In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grey-headed man — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side By...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaultering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| 1832 - 606 pages
...those who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summous comes to join The iunumerahle caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where...the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; hut, sustained and soothed Iiy an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grey-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| George Putnam - Funeral sermons - 1834 - 452 pages
...In the full strength of years, — matron and maid, — And the sweet babe, — and the greyheaded man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach th^ grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...reign there alone. So shall thou rest — and what if thou withdraw Unheeded by the living — and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gatherered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to joiu The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Rosamond Culbertson, Samuel B. Smith - Cuba - 1836 - 336 pages
...caravan that moves To that mvsterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silenl halls of death, THOU go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and sooth'd By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...concluding lines fall upon the ear as if uttered by some warning angel. . " So live, that whea thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged... | |
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