Go, let oblivion's curtain fall Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in... Time's Telescope - Page cx1826Full view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretch 'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. Kv'n I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire; Test of all sumless agonies, Behold not me expire.... | |
| Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh upon the...battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. E'en I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire ; Test of all sumless agonies, Behold not me... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men ; Nor with thy rising beams recal Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe ; Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Ireland - 1853 - 404 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the...battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. Even I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire ; Test of all sumless agonies, Behold not me... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the...battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. Even I am weary in yon skies, To watch thy fading fire ; Test of all snmless agonies, Behold not me... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. 6. " Even I am weary, in yon skies To watch thy fading fire;...Test of all sunless agonies, Behold not me expire. My lips, that speak thy dirge of death, Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see, thou shalt not... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again. Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe ; Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.... | |
| English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...Its piteous pageants bring not back, Of pain anew to writhe; Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd Or mown in battle by the sword. Like grass beneath...Test of all sunless agonies, Behold not me expire. My lips that speak thy dirge of death — Their rounded gasp of gurgling breath To see thou shalt not... | |
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