 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 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...the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. 6. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death,... | |
 | 1847 - 312 psl.
...hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as ihe sun, — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, — rivers that move In majesty,...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.' " m.— Tranquillity. ("Subdued" force, — gentle and level utterance.) 1. — [CONSTANTINOPLE, ON... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 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... | |
 | 1848 - 276 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... | |
 | 1848 - 272 psl.
...hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between — The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty...Ocean's gray and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn declarations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1849 - 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,...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." But of what is it the tomb 1 Does the spirit die ? Do the blessed affections of the soul go down into... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 psl.
...hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, — rivers that move In majesty,...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.' " HI. — Tranquillity. ("Subdued" force, — gentle and level utterance.) I. — [CONSTANTINOPLE,... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 psl.
...hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, — rivers that move In majesty,...solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.' " III.— Tranquillity. ("Subdued" force, — gentle and level utterance.) 1. — [CONSTANTINOPLE,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1849 - 384 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... | |
 | 1850 - 264 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... | |
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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... 
