| A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...no more ! — Anonymous* THE LAST MAN! ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself shall die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, In plague and famine some : Earth's... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...is to conquer our fate. THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...wan The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely mant Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...sepulchre. [From « The Lait ¿fan.'] All worldly snapes shall melt in gloom — The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man 1 Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands — In plague and famine... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I snw 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... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...CCXXXIII. THE LAST MAN. 1. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before the mortal shall assume Its immortality. I saw a vision...sweep Adown the gulf of time. I saw the last of human +mold, That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime. 2. The sun's eye had a sickly +glare,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...dreaming ear melted away. THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in glooffl, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality...in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Kurlli with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 pages
...peace to man. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, i• Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality !...The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations we/e Around rthat jonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brand* Still rusted in their bony... | |
| 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... | |
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