| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...then, Away from this cold earth, And look into thy azure breast, For seats of innocence and rest ! THANATOPSIS.* To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...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,... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...objects for 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 LXI. Domestick Economy. [Extract from an Address delivered by CYRUS BARTON, one of the... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...u>, then, Away from this eold earth, And look into thy azure brent, For Mats of innoeenee and rat I THANATOPSIS.* To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...A various language. For his gayer hours She has a voiee of gladness, and a smile And eloquenee of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings with... | |
| Boston Academy of Music - 1835 - 288 pages
...union. How kindly her language speaks to the heart of man, her accents varying with his varied moods, " For his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and...she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware." If then, we are not deceived in... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...paternal side I sprung, And her, who, still and cold, Fills the next grave — the beautiful and young. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of nature holds...she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...THANATOPSIS. BY WC BRYAHT. To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaka A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a...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,... | |
| Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...oppressors. LVI. Thanatopsis. — BRYANT. To him who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language. For...sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he isaware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...beautiful and young. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visiblgjbrms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours...she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of^the last bitter... | |
| 1837 - 648 pages
...pleasures, morning and evening. By night he has the stars. He can hold converge with nature, for • ' she speaks A various language. For his gayer hours,...that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware.' But we fear the objections are far greater in another respect. It is said that the pedagogue closes... | |
| 1837 - 682 pages
...morning and evening. By night he has the stars. He can hold converse with nature, for • ' she spooks A various language. For his gayer hours, She has a...gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty; and she elides Into his darker musings with a inilil And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness... | |
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