 ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ; I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's...  Time's Telescope - Page cx1826Full view - About this book
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1854 - 352 pages
...shall melt in gloom: The sun itself shall die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality. 2.1 saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...mould, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw the prime. 3. The sun's eye had a sickly glare; The earth with age was wan; The skeletons of nations... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Poetry - 1855 - 406 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal1 shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adain saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - English poetry - 1856 - 602 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom. The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...nations were Around that lonely man! Some had expired in fight,—the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some! Earth's cities had... | |
 | William Ross Wallace - Death - 1856 - 192 pages
...shall melt in gloom, — The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality I I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold As Adam saw her prime ! The sun's eye had a sickly glare,... | |
 | East India college - 1856 - 480 pages
...shall melt in gloom, Its stream of life run dry, Before this Freshman can assume His civil dignity ! I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the lonely, last Fourth Term That shall poor Hailey's death discern — As Peter saw her prime ! The clock's... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality 1 I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time 1 I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! be (greatest... | |
 | Francis Fulford - Christianity and culture - 1859 - 120 pages
...gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in ray sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown...lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands t Still rusted in their bony hands, — In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor... | |
 | Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1859 - 484 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime I The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1860 - 372 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep A down the gulf of time! I saw Ihe last of human mould. That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam... | |
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