 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 and Poetry of America - Page 103by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...concluding lines fall upon the ear as if uttered by some warning angel. . " So live, that whea 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-haired man — Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. 78 THANATOP8IS. 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 thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - Children's poetry - 1841 - 250 pages
...; the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side. By those, who in their turn shall follow...comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
 | Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...innocent age cut off, — Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those, who, in their turn, should follow them. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...maid,, | The bov/'d with age,, | the infant | in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off," \ Shall one by one | be gather'd to thy side, | By those...| to join The innumerable caravan | that moves To the pale realms of shade, | where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, | Thou... | |
 | Guy Bryan Schott - Commencement ceremonies - 1841 - 62 pages
...hour is past ; and I close with the last — the fondest wish of my heart — " 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...but less of epigrammatic quaintness. The following is a fine admonition : — 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 thy grave, Like one that draws the drapery... | |
 | 1868 - 300 pages
...years, matron and maid, And the sweet babe, and the grey-headed man, Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those who, in their turn, shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to j oin The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber... | |
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