The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. The British Essayists - Page 57edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in the heavens ; but thou art for ever the*same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunders roll, and lightnings fly, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest... | |
| Thomas Hogg - 1811 - 120 pages
...in the western teave ;— the oaktqfthe mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay with years : the ocean shrinks and grows again: the moon herself is lost in the heavens : b»t thou art for ever the same.-—f^hen the world is dark with tempests; when thunder... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselv> s decay with years. The ocean shrinks and grows again — the Moon herself is lost in heaven; but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is diu-k with tempest:... | |
| Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountains themselves decay with years : the ocean shrinks and grows again : the moon herself...brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests ; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...companion of thy course ! The oaks of the mountains fall : the mountsins themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven ; but thou,art forever the same ; rejoicing in the brighjt•less of thy course. When the world is dark with... | |
| James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay wkh years; the ocean shrinks and grows again : the moon herself...brightness of thy course ! When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and... | |
| John Hughes - Druids and druidism - 1818 - 378 pages
...companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself...brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests ; when thunder rolls, and lightning flies ; thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...companion of thy course ? The oaks of the mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay with years ; the ocean shrinks and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in the heavens ; but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. — When the... | |
| John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 290 pages
...the dark sky, Not the morning advancing ; Sweet winds ! bring no morn from the mountains on high." and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven...brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest... | |
| English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...no morn from the mountains on high." and grows again ; the moon herself is lost in heaven; butthou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course. When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest... | |
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