 O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirrored in the ocean vast A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam : For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still...  The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White - Page 153by Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - Bookbinding - 1837 - 328 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....himself must die. Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. 103 THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1837 - 474 pages
...released from subserviency to the English Privy Council. In 1829, the Irish Emancipation Bill was passed. THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,...himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE LOVE OF COUNTRY AND OF HOME. THERE is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the... | |
 | Fashion - 472 pages
...from the deep, And the first poet sang. " As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man." CAMPBEU. After this splendid burst of deathless poetry, we will not add another word. It would » worse... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to man. B e YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND. YE mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved,... | |
 | Light - Astronomy - 1838 - 298 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down t As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age, That then spoke peace to man." DIE RA'N,'OA .••.• ..i t•. • •• -\".n wit'i .'ii \'..\ bc in... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...shall be their winding sheet,— And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,...himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf... | |
 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam....faithful to its sacred page ; Heaven still rebuilds its span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. ifctter " I HEAR thee... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...And, leaving in battle no blot on his name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame. DD 3 THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,...himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf... | |
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