So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained... The Poets of America - Page 78edited by - 1840 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...are the images, they but serve to deepen the simple monition at the close : " So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry slave at ni?ht, Scourged... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,...couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. THE YELLOW VIOLET. WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...caravanb that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Harvey Wells - English language - 1847 - 228 pages
...that the syllables be accented.f Blank verse is verse without rhyme ; as, " So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, What care should be observed in reading poetry... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1847 - 640 pages
...His Poem entitled Thanalopsis, cannot be too highly commended: "So live, that when thy summons come to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take [• His chamber in the silent halls of death, Then go not like the quarry-slave at night,... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 pages
...grandenr, that reminds us of those who wrote by inspiration of God. " So live, that when thy summons come to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halle of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave, at night,... | |
| American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...babe, and the gray-headed man,— Shall one by one be gatherered to thy side, By those, who in then' turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Harvey Wells - Cooperstown (N.Y.) - 1848 - 258 pages
...that the syllables be accented.! Blank verse is verse without rhyme ; as, " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...quarry-slave, at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach the grave, Like one that draws the drapery... | |
| Bible stories, English - 1848 - 272 pages
...years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man — Shall one by one be gathered by thy side By those who in their turn shall follow them....caravan that moves To that mysterious realm ; where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave of night, Scourged... | |
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