 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
 | Thomas Campbell - Ireland - 1853 - 404 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...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in Godl \ A DREAM. may sleep... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! CAMPBELL. THE SOLDIER'S... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...alliance Of good with evil powers, To God proclaims defiance, And mocks whom he adores. Wordsworth. 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! Campbell. DEFORMITY.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 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 ! As a specimen of Campbell's... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...robbed the grave of Victory, And took the sting from Death. . 8. "(Jo, Sun, while mercy holds me up ; To drink this last and bitter cup Of grief that man...taste, Go, tell the night, that hides thy face, Thou saVst the last of Adam's race On earth's + sepulchral clod, The dark'ning universe defy To quench his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 508 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...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! A DREAM. WELL may sleep... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 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...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defyTo quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God! A DREAM. WELL may sleep... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 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 ! JLJfffg WRITTKN ON VISITING... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory, — And took the sting from Death ! To drink this last and bitter cup Of grief that man...last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench his Immortality, Or shake his trust in God ! WltllTKN ON VISITING... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 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 Hiiw'sl; the last of Adam's race, On Earth's sepulchral clod, The darkening universe defy To quench... | |
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