 | 1832 - 510 páginas
...writing, is from Collins : two very exquisite stanzas undoubtedly :— ' How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...spring with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. * By fairy hands... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 páginas
...fortunes and ruined constitutions, sunk into an early grave. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, With all their country's wishes blest. 'When spring, with...dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's feet have ever trod. There Honor cornea, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf, that wraps their clay ; — And Freedom shall... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 páginas
...their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall a... | |
 | 1858 - 44 páginas
...those fine verses of Collins, which we will take the liberty to insert; " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. We now step from the tomb to the house, the general appearance of which is known to every one. It commands... | |
 | 442 páginas
...Jack of Newbury. This amiable quality is, likewise, thus beautifully alluded to by the same poet — " By FAIRY HANDS their knell is rung, By FORMS UNSEEN their dirge is sung." Their employment is thus charmingly represented by Shakespeare, in the address of Prospero — " Ye elves... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 páginas
...control, as in the perfectly wrought "Ode" written in the beginning of 1746: How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while... | |
 | 1895 - 582 páginas
...Talor. Our deeds and their precious memories must be kept perennial in the hearts of our children. "When spring with dewy fingers cold Returns to deck their hallowed mould," Let each one bear their wealth of flowers and strew them with a loving hand. The laurels they won must... | |
 | Kurt Spang - 1987 - 278 páginas
...che non riusciva a nascondere la maliziosa avvenenza del volto. William Collins, How Sleep thè Brave When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould Else Lasker - Schüler, Weltschmerz Ich, der brennende Wüstenwind, erkaltete und nahm Gestalt an.... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 páginas
...gentlest influence own, And hymn thy favourite name! HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Retums to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 páginas
...his poems, such as How sleep the brave, have become very well known. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! When...dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. (Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746) Collins grew melancholic, and produced very little... | |
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How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is... 
