 How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is...  Beauties of the British Poets ... - Page 127by George Croly - 1850 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frances D'Aubigne - 1819 - 670 pages
...wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She then shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever...knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; Then HONOUR comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And FREEDOM shall awhile... | |
 | Edward Quillinan - Wood-engraving, British - 1820 - 158 pages
...of English lyrical Poets. How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes hlest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rune;; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To hless the turf that... | |
 | Elizabeth Chase - 1821 - 248 pages
...all their country's wishes blest ; When Spring, with dewy fmgers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's...their dirge is sung ; There honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; Their Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...their country's wishes bless'd! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there. 1 This, and the succeeding ode, seem to have been... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...Returns to derk their lullow'd mould, Shi- thi •>••• shall dross a sweeter sod Than t'-incy% feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honor ctwnet, a pilgrim grey* To blr •« the turf that wraps their clay, And/rtmfom shall a while... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rang, By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...pathos with fancy, grandeur with simplicity, and romance with reality: " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes* a pilgrim... | |
 | James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1826 - 464 pages
...romance with reality: — " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes bleat ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By' fairy-hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their...pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU,... | |
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