 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 548edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...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, pour'd round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the... | |
 | Books - 1843 - 574 pages
...Stretching in pensive quietness between : The venerable woods ; — rivers Unit move Tn majesty ; anii the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green, and poured round all Old oceanY grey and melancholy waste." But we arc off to the fruitful plains of Leinster, furnishing another... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green ; and poured round all. Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great toriib of man. The golden... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 392 pages
...woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,...the solemn 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,... | |
 | Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - Christian ethics - 1844 - 572 pages
...ancient as the sun — the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between — The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man ! The golden sun,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 392 pages
...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, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...In majesty, and the complaining brooks II 35 That make the meadows green ; and, poured round £11, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations | ALL II Of the great tomb of man. The gnlden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, 40 Are shining... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 pages
...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 meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...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 meadow green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste — Are but the solemn... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 390 pages
...vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move VOL. III. I In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, pour'd round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of... | |
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