 | William Russell - 1849
...the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past, — All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun, — the vales,...That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of... | |
 | 1849
...wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales...That make the meadows green ; and poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are bnt the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of... | |
 | 1852
...of letters. Do not be behind Nature, if you are behind the times. Dotnn €ast anir ©nt " The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun : the vales Stretching...quietness between The venerable woods: rivers that move j* In majesty ; and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green." * * * # " These are the gardens... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 halaman
...— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that move 4° In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of... | |
 | Sharon Scholl - 1984 - 238 halaman
...the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and poured all round, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Of the great tomb of man. Here is no arena of... | |
 | Library of America, Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1544 halaman
...pleasant dreams. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietude between — The venerable woods — rivers that move...make the meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 352 halaman
...the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching...That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.... | |
 | Aldo Leopold - 1992 - 400 halaman
...ways." But the noblest expression of this anthropomorphism is Bryant's "Thanatopsis": ... The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching...That make the meadows green, and, poured round all Old oceans gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 210 halaman
...good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in...complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, pour'd round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | Jay Parini, Axinn Professor of English Jay Parini - 1995 - 757 halaman
...ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.... | |
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