 Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the...  Evening hours, ed. by E.H. Bickersteth - Page 555edited by - 1874Full view - About this book
 | 1860
...has trodden the crowded streets of the Chinese city, and trembled with a nameless awe — ..... " iu the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings." He has mused over the ruins of the ancient world ; temples, palaces, theatres, hippodromes, he has... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 440 pages
...of heaven, 40 Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Or lose thyself | in the continuous woods II Where rolls the ^Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings, — yet — the DEAD II are thire, And MILLIONS in those solitudes, since first ' 5 The flight of years \ began, have laid... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1844 - 452 pages
...country, and with the force of some long pent-up river, it is flowing from the Atlantic coast, to ' The continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashing.' But the greater its prosperity the greater is the necessity of watchful care, of conforming... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce ; Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save hia own dashlngs ; yet — tho dead are there ; And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...Save his owa dashings,—yet—the DEAD II are there, And MILLIONS in those solitudes, since first ' 5 The flight of years \ began, have laid them down ' In their last sleep,—the dead [ reign there ' alone.— So shalt TH6u rest;—and what if thou shalt fall | Unheeded... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...morning, —and the Barean desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods, Where rolls ihe Oregon — and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead ae there." The reason why Mr. Bryant has never surpassed, and seldom equalled this effort of his youth,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce ; Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and...there alone. So shalt thou rest; and what if thou shalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce ; Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and...there alone. So shalt thou rest ; and what if thou shalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1845 - 264 pages
...That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce ; Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and...there alone. So shalt thou rest; and what if thou fihalt fall Unnoticed by the living, and no friend Take note of thy. departure? All that breathe Will... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and...their last sleep ; the dead reign there alone. So shall thou rest ; and what if thou shalt fall Unheeded by the living ; and no friend Take note of thy... | |
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