How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung,... A dictionary of poetical illustrations - Page 513by Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877Full view - About this book
| 1860 - 366 pages
...TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE REBELLION OF 1745 " How sleep the brave who sink to rest With all their country's wishes bless'd When Spring, with...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...relate 1 ODE TO THE BRAVE. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sungl There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay. And Freedom shall... | |
| Mrs. Catharine Harbeson (Waterman) Esling - 1861 - 280 pages
...the brave, who sink to res* By all their country's wishes bless'd : When Spring, with dewy ringers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there...wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwel) a weeping hermit there. COLL.NS. Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...SLEEP THE BRAVE. COLLINS. How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...their dirge is sung ; There honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...CXXIV ODE WRITTEN IN MDCCXLV1 How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their Country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit... | |
| English language - 1861 - 312 pages
...country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while repair, And dwell a weeping... | |
| 1862 - 262 pages
...fate. of tf)e ISrabe. How sleep the "brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
| John Antrobus (essayist.) - 1862 - 150 pages
...their Country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Eeturns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a Pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping... | |
| Archibald K. Murray - 1862 - 530 pages
...country's wishes blest! When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, He there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell, a weeping... | |
| Archibald K. Murray - 1862 - 526 pages
...country's wishes blest ! When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, He there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet...their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell, a weeping... | |
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