 This was the truest warrior That ever buckled sword, This the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word ; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen, On the deathless page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high...  THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE - Page 463by HODGES SMITH - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Aggada - 1871 - 498 pages
...the mountain's crown The great procession swept. And had he not high honour — . The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait With stars for tapers tall ; And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God.s own hand in that lonely land To lay... | |
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - Recitations - 1871 - 278 pages
...pen, On the deathless page, truths half so sago " And had he not high honor — The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait, With stars for tapers tall, And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand, in that lonely land, To... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Bible - 1871 - 248 pages
...mountain's crown The great procession swept. And had he not high honour — • The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait With stars for tapers tall ; And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand in that lonely land To lay... | |
 | George Mather (Wesleyan minister.) - Aesthetics - 1872 - 106 pages
...truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. " And had he not high honour, — The hill- side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait With stars for tapers tall, And the dark rock-pines like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand in that lonely land To lay... | |
 | 1872 - 440 pages
...sage as ho wrote down for men. And had he not high honor? The hillside for his pall ; To Ho in .'tate while angels wait with stars for tapers tall ; And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes, o'er his bier to wave; And God s own hand, in that lonely land, to lay him in the grave ; In that deep... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - Readers - 1872 - 168 pages
...page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honour,— The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait With stars for tapers tall, And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand in that lonely land To lay... | |
 | Winona (Minn.). Congregational Sunday school - 1872 - 276 pages
...page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. 8 And had he not high honor — The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state, while angels wait, With stars for tapers tall, And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumeo, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand, in that lonely land, To... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 232 pages
...page, truths ha so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honour, — The hill-side for a pall, To lie in state while angels wait With stars for tapers tall, And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand in that lonely land, To... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...deathless page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. 8. And had he not high honor ? The hill side for his pall ; To lie in state while angels wait With...hand, in that lonely land, To lay him in the grave, — 9. In that deep grave, without a name, Whence his unooffined clay Shall break again — 0 wondrous... | |
 | John Ashworth - Athens (Greece) - 1873 - 284 pages
...seen and beard That which man knoweth not And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes, Over his beir to wave, And God's own hand, in that lonely land, To lay him in the grave." John had been privileged with his Master'sconfidence on several former occasions. He was with Christ... | |
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