 Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful waste, To drink this last and bitter cup Of grief that man shall taste — Go, tell the night that hides thy face, Thou saw'st the last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe...  Theodric: A Domestic Tale, and Other Poems - Page 112by Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of victory, And took the sting from death. " Go, Sun, while mercy holds me up. On Nature's awful...last of Adam's race On earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his immortality, Or shake his trust in God." ROGERS. THE POET AND... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...captivity, Who robb'd the grave of vietory, And took the sting from Death ! " Go, Sun, while merey holds me up On nature's awful waste, To drink this...earth's sepulchral clod ; The dark'ning universe defy To queneh his immortality, Or shake his trust in God !" THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. OUR bugles sang truce, —... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of Victory, — And took the sting from Death ! Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful...taste — Go, tell the night that hides thy face, Thou sawest the last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity; Who robb'd the grave of victory, And pluck'd the sting of death. 9. Go sun, while mercy holds me up On nature's awful waste, To drink this last, this bitter cup Of grief that man shall taste ; Go, tell the night that hides thy face, Thou saw'st... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, — -: THE SUBLIME IN WRITING. 119 Go, sun, while mercy holds me up On nature's awful...quench his immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! THE PLANETS.— TAILOR. The glass brings, for example, the disk of Jupiter before us ; so that we may fix... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory,— And took the sting from Death! Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful...last and bitter cup Of grief that man shall taste — On, tell the Night that hides thy face, Thou saw 'si the last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...breath, Who captive led Captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory — And took the sting from Death. Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful...quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! SONG. My mind is my kingdom, but if thou wilt deign To sway there a queen without measure, Then,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...Who captive led Captivity, Who robbed the grave of Victory, — • And took the sting from Death ! Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! TflE SOLDIER'S DREAM.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from Death ! " Go, Sun, while merey holds me up On nature's awful waste, To drink this...bitter cup Of grief that man shall taste ; Go, tell the knight that hides thy face, Thou saw'st the last of Adam's race, On earth's sepulchral clod ; The dark'ning... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory , — And took the sting from Death! Go, Sun, while Mercy holds me up On Nature's awful...dark'ning universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or slmke his trust in God ! VALEDICTORY STANZAS To JP KEMBLE, ESQ. Composed for a Public Meeting, held... | |
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