 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
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor, — The hillside 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... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - Readers - 1875 - 348 pages
...page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. 8. And had he not high honorThe 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... | |
 | Thomas Cook Ltd - Palestine - 1876 - 550 pages
...for a pall— To lie in state while angels wait, And stars for tapers tall. And the dark rock-pines, like tossing plumes, Over his bier to wave, And God's...that lonely land, To lay him in the grave. In that strange grave without a name, Whence his uncoffined clay Shall break again— oh, wondrous thought... | |
 | William Francis Pringle Noble - Bible - 1876 - 628 pages
...the deathless page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. "And had he not high honors? — The hillside for his pall, To lie in state while angels...With stars for tapers tall; And the dark rock pines with tossing plumes Over his bier to wave, And God's own hand in that mountain land To lay him in the... | |
 | Mountains - 1876 - 216 pages
...On the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor ? — The hillside for his 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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...the deathless page, truths half as 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 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... | |
 | EMMA MOODY - 1876 - 368 pages
...On the deathless page, truths half so sage As' he wrote down for men. And had he not high honour ? The hill-side for his 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor, — The hillside 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor ? — The hillside 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... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...wiotc down for men. And had he not high honor? The hill side for his pall; To lie in state while augeis wait, With stars for tapers tall; And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumea^ Over his bier to wave; And God's own hand, in that lonely land, To lay him in the grave, —... | |
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