 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod ! By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung, There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile... | |
 | John Walker Ord - Cleveland (England) - 1845 - 434 pages
...November 9, 1843. " How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their Country's wishes blest! — By Fairy hands their 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 while... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Returns to deck the hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1847 - 454 pages
...to deck their hallow'd mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1848 - 158 pages
...to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than ever Fancy's feet have trod. By Fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay , And Freedom shall a... | |
 | James Davie Butler, George Frederick Houghton - Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777 - 1849 - 122 pages
...deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than iancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands, their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung, Their Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair,... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their 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 awhile... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...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 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 awhile... | |
 | Walter Colton - California - 1850 - 430 pages
...the Revolution ! They rest in immortal remembrance amid the flowers and fragrant airs of earth : " By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung." SUNDAY, JULY 5. Though the morning has been overcast with flying clouds, from which dashes of rain... | |
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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 rung;... 
