 visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 197by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1850 - 770 pages
...the sons of men shall dwell ? THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Elocution - 1850 - 368 pages
...visibly impaired: yet seemed Undaunted. To him, who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language: for...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. Still Heaven deferred the hour ordained to rend, From saintly rottenness the sacred stole ; The wretch... | |
 | Communication and traffic - 1850 - 720 pages
...voice it says : " To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speak* A various language : for his gayer hours She has a...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware." ABT. II.-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. REMARKS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OP THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI. THE river Mississippi... | |
 | American poetry - 1850 - 264 pages
...fathomless profound ! THANATOPSIS. BY WC BRYANT. To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...r EXERCISE XLII. Thanatopsii.—BRYANT. To him who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...and a smile, And eloquence of beauty, and she glides 5 Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1850 - 410 pages
...immediate griefs. They exert over us a soothing, restraining influence, and they • glide Into our darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere we are aware." Thus they become dear to our hearts, linking us by cherished memories to the past, associated... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean. To him, who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language : for...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. Look now abroad: another race has filled These populous borders : wide the wood recedes, And towns... | |
 | George Higby Throop - 1851 - 250 pages
...woods. The bard tells you truly that, for her true worshiper, Nature hath " For his gayer hours * * * a smile And eloquence of beauty; and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware." I spent perhaps an hour in the... | |
 | 1849 - 390 pages
...holdi Communion with her visible forms, she speak« A various lang'ia^e : for hi» gayer hoars She haï a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she chile* Into his darker mncings, will) a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1853 - 376 pages
...the sons of men shall dwell THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern... | |
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