 Thyself without a witness, in these shades, Of thy perfections : grandeur, strength and grace Are here to speak of thee. This mighty oak By whose immovable stem I stand and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince In all that proud Old World beyond the...  The Monthly Review - Page 4941832Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...cahle stem I stand and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince, In all the proud old world heyond the deep, E'er wore his crown as loftily as he Wears...which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is heauty, such as hlooms not in the glare Of the hroad sun. That delicate forest Sower, With scented... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...mighty oak — By whose immoveable stem I stand and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown...as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Tby hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...mighty oak— By whose immoveable stem I stand and seem Almost annihilated—not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown...which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root la beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...and grace, By whose immoveable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated—not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown...which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare With scented... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...oak — By whose immoveable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown...his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare ( 'f the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems,... | |
 | Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - Botany - 1837 - 664 pages
...trunks that high in heaven mingle their mossy boughs," the peculiarity of the carpet underneath, " Beauty such as blooms not in the glare of the broad sun," would form pictures strong in contrast with the rich and broad foliage of the tropics, their profuse... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...Almost aunihilated — not a prinee, In all the proud old world heyond the deep, E'er wore his erown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves...which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root s heauty, such as hlooms not in the glare r the hroad sun. That delicate forest flower, h scented hreath,... | |
 | American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...mighty oak— By whose immovable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated—not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown...which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare With scented... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1841 - 418 pages
...— By whose immovable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince, In all the prond old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crown as...root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of (he broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1847 - 662 pages
...Children." " " ^fot a prince In all that proud old world beyond the deep Ere wore his crown so lofiily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves, with which Thy hand has graced him ;" and those of our poet, " who gemm'd thy zone with stars, Around thee threw his own cerulean robe,... | |
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