 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
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...rest — and what if thou withdraw Unheeded by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure 1 All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will...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 - 1840 - 292 pages
...— and what if thou withdraw Unheeded by the living — and no friend Take note of thy departure 1 All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. 78 THANATOP8IS. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...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... | |
 | Guy Bryan Schott - Commencement ceremonies - 1841 - 62 pages
...hour is past ; and I close with the last — the fondest wish of my heart — " 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 Death — Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1841 - 418 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 ; hut, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1842 - 304 pages
...spirit of kindness which bears the fine moral to the depths of the heart : ' So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustain'd and sooth VI By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...one be gather'd to thy side, By those who. in their lurn, shall follow Ihem. 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 hnlls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry -slave, at night,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...— and what if thou withdraw Unheeded by the living — and no friend Take note of thy departure 1 All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will...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 - 1843 - 294 pages
...these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come, And make their bed with thee. i- As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gather'd to thy side, By those who, in their turn, shall follow...quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one that draws the drapery... | |
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