But o'er me songs of the wild birds shall burst, Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones, Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones ; But let the dewy rose, The snow-drop and the... Running Sketches of Men and Places: In England, France, Germany, Belgium ... - Página 341de George Copway - 1851 - 346 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1835 - 430 páginas
...the spot. Not amidst charnel stones, Or coffins dark and thick with ancient mould — With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones:...chirping wren shall rear her callow young, And the rtHÍ robin the green boughs among, Shall build her dwelling near : And ever at the purple dawn of... | |
| 1835 - 430 páginas
...the spot. Not amidst charnel stones, Or coffins dark and thick with ancient mould — With tattered hen, after all their longings and all their struggles...naked, in the streets of their once happy Zion, he mu tase repose. Year after year, Within the silver birch-tree o'er me hung, The chirping wren shall rear... | |
| Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 páginas
...stones, Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould — With tatter'd pall, and fringe of canker'd gold, May rest my bones. But let the dewy rose, The...the spot, where, in my grassy tomb, I take repose. Birds from the distant sea, Shall sometimes hither flock on snowy wings, And soar above my dust in... | |
| Isaac McLellan - 1843 - 174 páginas
...Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones....tomb, I take repose. Year after year Within the silver birch tree, o'er me hung, The chirping wren shall rear her callow young, Shall build her dwelling near.... | |
| 1844 - 878 páginas
...Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones, Or coffins dark, and thiek with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold. May rest my bones...I take repose. Year after year, Within the silver birch tree o'er me hung, The chirping wren j-hall rear her callow young, Shall build her dwelling near.... | |
| 1844 - 858 páginas
...Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones, Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold. May rest my bones ; But let the dewy rose,' Tho snowdrop and the violet, lend perfume Above the spot where, in my grassy tomb, I take repose. Year... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1844 - 558 páginas
...stones, Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, But let the dewy rose, The snowdrop, and the violet lend perfume Ahove the spot, where, in my grassy tomb I take repose. Year after year, Within the silver birch-tree... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 páginas
...Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones....in my grassy tomb, I take repose. Year after year f Within the silver birch tree o'er me nung, The chirping wren shall rear her callow young, And build... | |
| 1846 - 302 páginas
...ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones; But let the de'vy rose, The snow-drop and the violet, lend perfume Above...I take repose. Year after year, Within the silver birch tree o'er me hung, The chirping wren shall rear her callow young, Shall build her dwelling near.... | |
| 1846 - 308 páginas
...Cheering the spot. Not amid charnel stones, Or coffins dark, and thick with ancient mould, With tattered pall, and fringe of cankered gold, May rest my bones ; But let the de-vy rose, The snow-drop and the violet, lend perfume Above the spot where, in my grassy tomb, I take... | |
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