 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
 | Sarah C. Carter - American poetry - 1850 - 144 pages
...stand, and seem Almost annihilated — not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep E're wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves, with which Thy hand has graced Mm. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1851 - 380 pages
...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 deep, Ere wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...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,...leaves with which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled nt his root Is beiuty. such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...Grandeur, strength, and grace, Are here to speak of Thee. This mighty oak, — By whose immovable trunk I 'stand and seem Almost annihilated, — not a prince,...coronal of leaves, with which Thy hand has graced him. fi. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1852 - 384 pages
...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 deep, Ere wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...I stand, and seem Almost annihilated, not a prince, In all the proud old world beyond the deep, 60. E'er wore his crown as "'"loftily as he Wears the...glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, 65. With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mold, An... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - English poetry - 1853 - 334 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...coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced him. Nesiled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in ihe glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest... | |
 | Stephen W. Clark - English language - 1853 - 242 pages
...Adjective Pronoun. Than follows more, or some other Adjective, in the Comparative Degree. EXAMPLES. " Nestled at his root Is Beauty, such AS blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun." — Bryant. " "We request sucli of you AS think we overlaud the ode, to point out one word in it that... | |
 | Sarah Sprague Jacobs - Indians of North America - 1853 - 378 pages
...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 as loftily as he Wean the green coronal of leaves, with which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Ii beauty,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...Grandeur, strength, and grace Are here to speak of thee. This mighty oak, By whose immoveable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated, — not a prince,...that proud old world beyond the deep, E'er wore his crovvn äs loftily äs he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy band has graced him. Nestled... | |
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