Who hail thee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay, Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower, Dust in the wind, or dew upon the flower ; A friendless slave, a child without a sire, Whose mortal life, and momentary... The Retrospect; Or, Review of Providential Mercies: With Anecdotes of ... - Página 155por Richard Marks - 1841 - 255 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1850 - 560 páginas
...flower ; A friendless slave, a child without a sire, — Whose mortal life and momentary fire Light to the grave his chance-created form, As ocean-wrecks...flash is o'er, To night and silence sink for evermore '." "Gertrude of Wyoming" was considered at the time, an entirely successful poem. It contained passages... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 páginas
...Whose mortal life, and momentary fire, Lights to the grave his chance-created form, As ocean- wrecks illuminate the storm; And, when the gun's tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame?... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1851 - 202 páginas
...serene, Who hail'd thee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay i Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower, Dust in...tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for ever more ! Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame ?... | |
| Wilson Armistead - 1851 - 362 páginas
...Whose mortal life, and momentary 6re, Lights to the grave his chance-created 'form, As ocean wrecks illuminate the storm : And when the gun's tremendous...flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for evermore ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame? Is this... | |
| H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 páginas
...hailed thee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay ! THOMAS CAMPBELL Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower, Dust in...tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame?... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 páginas
...Whose mortal life, and momentary fire, Light to the grave his chance-created form, As ocean- wrecks illuminate the storm ; And, when the gun's tremendous...flash is o'er, To night and silence sink for evermore ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame ? Is this... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 páginas
...— There live, alas ! of Heaven-directed mien, Of cultured soul, and sapient eye serene, Who hailed thee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm,...tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame?... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 páginas
...serene, Who hailed thee, Man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay I Frail as the leaf in Autumn's yellow bower, Dust in...tremendous flash is o'er, To Night and Silence sink for ever more ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame?... | |
| Philip Smith Sparling - 1854 - 136 páginas
...the flower ; A friendless slave, a child without a sire, Whose mental life, a momentary fire, Light to the grave his Chance-created form, As ocean-wrecks...flash is o'er, To night and silence sink for evermore! Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world and demigods of fame? Is this your triumph—this... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 páginas
...the flower ; A friendless slave, a child without a sire, Whose mortal life, and momentary fire, Light to the grave his chance-created form, As ocean-wrecks...flash is o'er. To night and silence sink for evermore ! — Are these the pompous tidings ye proclaim, Lights of the world, and demi-gods of Fame ? Is this... | |
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