 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pagina’s
...ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pagina’s
...good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulcher. 4. The hills, Eock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste Are but the solemn decorations... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pagina’s
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in...majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but Ihe solemn... | |
 | 1852 - 44 pagina’s
...Do not be behind Nature, if you are behind the times. Dotnn €ast anir ©nt " The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun : the vales Stretching in pensive...quietness between The venerable woods: rivers that move j* In majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green." * * * # " These are the gardens... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 pagina’s
...— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that move 4° In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, 45 The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pagina’s
...pleasant dreams. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietude fest the day Shall fold their Oh, Fairest of the Rural Maids! is a gem, of which we cannot sufficiently express our admiration. We... | |
 | Sharon Scholl - 1984 - 252 pagina’s
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and poured all round, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Of the great tomb of man. Here is no arena of... | |
 | Robert A. Ferguson - 1984 - 456 pagina’s
...cosmic size both to create sublime effect and to insure an anthropocentric universe. 64 Nature's forms "are but the solemn decorations all / Of the great tomb of man," while sun and stars shine down as mourners upon the "one mighty sepulchre" that is earth. Enveloping... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pagina’s
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | Aldo Leopold - 1992 - 400 pagina’s
...the noblest expression of this anthropomorphism is Bryant's "Thanatopsis": ... The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in...make the meadows green, and, poured round all Old oceans gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. Since... | |
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The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and... 
