 The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And o'er him the leaves of the ivy be shed. There shall they mix with the fern and the heather, There shall the young eagle shed its first feather, The wolves with his wild dogs shall lie...  Occasional Pieces of Poetry - Page 51by John Gardiner Calkins Brainard - 1825 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, John Greenleaf Whittier - 1882 - 248 pages
...up the cold touch of death with a smile. And there shall the dew shed its sweetness and lusture ; <A There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread;...wolves, with his wild dogs, shall lie there together, EXTRACTS FROM VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE NEW-YEAR, 1823. When streams of light, in golden showers, First... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...shed its sweetness and lustre, There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread ; The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And...together, And moan o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. THE INDIAN SUMMER. WHAT is there sadd'ning in the autumn leaves ? Have they that " green and yellow... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...pall shall the oak leaves be spread ; The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall eluster, And o'er him the leaves of the ivy be shed. There shall they mix with the fern and the heather, • i ' There shall the young eagle shed its first feather, > :| The wolres with his wild dogs shall... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1841 - 422 pages
...shed its sweetness and lustre, There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread ; The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And...wolves with his wild dogs shall lie there together, And mo;in o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. The Jllpine Flowers. — MRS. SIGOXTRNET.* MEEK dwellers... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...shed its sweetness and lustre, There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread ; The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And...together, And moan o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. fhe Alpine Flowers. — MRS. SIGOURNEY.* MEEK dwellers mid yon terror-stricken cliffs ! With brows... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...dew shed its sweetness and luster, There for his pall shall the oak leaves be spread; The sweetbriar shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And...shall the young eagle shed its first feather, The wolf and his wild cubs shall lie there together, And moan o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. FROM... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...dew shed its sweetness and luster, There for his pall shall the oak-leaves be spread; The sweethrier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster, And...shall the young eagle shed its first feather, The wolf with his wild cubs shall lie there together, LESSON CCII. REVLY TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON. BY EDWARD... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...The sweethrier shall bloom, and the wild grapes shall cluster. And o'er him the leaves of the ivy he shed. There shall they mix with the fern and the heather,...wolves with his wild dogs shall lie there together, And mourn o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. JOHN M. MASON, I770—I829. Jons MircnBi. MA mw, the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...shed its sweetness and lustre ; There for his pall shall the oak-leaves be spread — The sweet brier shall bloom, and the wild grape shall cluster | And...together, And moan o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG. On the deep is the mariner's danger, On the deep is the mariner's death ; Who,... | |
 | Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 484 pages
...the friend, far away, that bewails him, And light up the cold touch of death with a smile. And there shall the dew shed its sweetness and lustre ; There...together, And moan o'er the spot where the hunter is laid. MR. MERRY'S LAMENT FOR "LONG TOM," Whose drowning is mentioned in the sixth chapter of the second volume... | |
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