And gentle sympathy that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make... Advanced Readings and Recitations - Page 61by Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1845 - 624 pages
...little woodland beauty. "To him who in the love of nature, holds Communion with her visible forma, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware." And now, while we are on the hills, a word or two about our little friend, the Orange Tip (Pontia Cardaminea.)... | |
| American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...lonely and lovely stream, An image of that calm life appears, That won my heart in my greener years. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
| 1822 - 764 pages
...believe we have not yet given a specimen of American blank verse, and this we think is a very fine one. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
| 1822 - 858 pages
...the American Poets," 12mo. pp. 215—218.) To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...LESSON CXVI. Thanatopsis. — BRYAIIT. To him who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight • * Pronounced Cum'bat. t CA, as in Church. Luton 116.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 267 Over thy spirit, and... | |
| Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...cannot be any who would be unwilling to read again a part o the last piece in the rolume, entitlet " Thanatopsis." " To him who in the love of Nature holds...hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence-of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 814 pages
...the American Poets," 12ino. pp. 215—218.) To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...objects '<br his attentive meditation. For, To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. BRYANT. LESSON 125. The Importance of Natural Philosophy. WITH thee, serene Philosophy, with thec,... | |
| 1829 - 436 pages
...The date of thy deep-founded strength, or tell How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
| 1829 - 642 pages
...Communion with her visible forms, she speak* A various language ; for his gayer houra She has a voice ot gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and...Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow... | |
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