 ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1021824Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1823 - 590 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague... | |
 | 1823 - 592 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Martin MacDermot - English literature - 1824 - 602 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expir'd in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1824 - 176 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, The Sun's eye had... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1824 - 176 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, The Sun's eye had... | |
 | 1825 - 588 pages
...considerate loftiness, and more of the spirit of religion. We can afford to give but a part of it. ' The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The SUD himself must die, Before Ihis mortal Khali assume Its immortality! k I saw a vision in my sleep. That gave my spirit strength...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely Man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague... | |
 | 1827 - 510 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall meet in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime!... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1828 - 498 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...was wan, — The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
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