 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 psl.
...The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, , Are ginning on the sad abodes of death, Through the... | |
 | Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 psl.
..."The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | 1832 - 598 psl.
...hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between — The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 psl.
...The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 psl.
...The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 psl.
...ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | 1836 - 268 psl.
...The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 psl.
...The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty,...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1837 - 264 psl.
...and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable Voods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks,...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." But of what is it the tomb ? Does the spirit die 1 Do the blessed affections of the soul go down into... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 psl.
...The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods ; rivers that move In majesty...decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, THANATOPSIS. 77 The planets, all the infinite host of heaven* Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
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The hills Rock-ribbed and 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... 
