When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they... A History of Literature in America - Página 39de Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1904 - 443 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 352 páginas
...And in their kind, resound their Maker's praise, Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays. "When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And...made; But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he 's laid." I might go on thus from her best poem, of "Contemplations," but should hardly come to... | |
| William B. Cairns - 1909 - 528 páginas
...vain delight So unawares comes on perpetual night, And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight. 18 When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth (though old) stil clad in green, The stones and trees, insensible to time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 696 páginas
...night, And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight. When I behold the heavens as in their prime, 120 Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come and greeness then do fade, A Spring returns and they more youthfull made; 125 But Man grows old, lies down,... | |
| Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 páginas
...Creator be, Who gave this bright light lustre unto thee ! Admir'd, ador'd forever, be that Majesty. When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then...grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid. • ••••• * p O Time, the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains over... | |
| Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 532 páginas
...And in their kind resound their Master's praise : Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays. When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth (though old) still clad in green, so The stones and trees, insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen ; If winter... | |
| William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren - 1917 - 624 páginas
...passages at least pleasing in suggestion and rhythm, however reminiscent of greater times and talents: When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth (though old) stil clad in green, The stones and trees, insensible to time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are... | |
| Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 750 páginas
...eternal flight. 18 When I behold the heavens as in their prime, I2° And then the earth (though old) stil clad in green, The stones and trees, insensible of...wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greeness then do fade, A Spring returns, and they more youthfull made; But Man grows old, lies down,... | |
| Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - 1918 - 748 páginas
...trees, insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greeness then do fade, A Spring returns, and they more youthful!...grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid. 19 By birth more noble then those creatures all, Yet seems by nature and by custome curs'd, No sooner... | |
| Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - 1918 - 750 páginas
...vain delight So unawares comes on perpetual night. And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight. 18 When I behold the heavens as in their prime, "° And then the earth (though old) stil clad in green, The stones and trees, insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are... | |
| Paul Elmer More - 1921 - 518 páginas
...And in their kind resound their Maker's praise: Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays. When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then...grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid. • ••*•••••• 0 Time, the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains... | |
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