 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their...pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU,... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...with dewy fingers cold. Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their...pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 10 And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU,... | |
 | Night watch - 1828 - 596 pages
...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...shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there. COLLINS. " THE burial of my poor shipmate being finished, we proceeded towards the boat, and on our... | |
 | William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...ode, and this turn of it.• When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is snng ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey. To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall... | |
 | William Collins, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Sir Egerton Brydges, John Langhorne - 1830 - 234 pages
...BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes bless'd ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY. STROPHE. O THOU, who sitst a smiling... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...embellished with beautiful vignettes, has considerable merit, and its perusal yields no urnaH gratification. When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck...forms unseen their dirge is sung ! There HONOUR comes, af rilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And FREEDOM shall awhile repair To dwell... | |
 | 1832 - 510 pages
...writing, is from Collins : two very exquisite stanzas undoubtedly :— ' How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...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... | |
 | Joseph Brown Ladd, W. B. Chittenden - 1832 - 252 pages
...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...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 while repair,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE REBELLION OF 1745. " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with...the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall a while repair To dwell, a weeping hermit there." COLLINS. Again ; what a quantity of thought is here... | |
 | Sir William Hoste (1st bart), Lady Harriet Walpole Hoste - 1833 - 348 pages
...father, ever your affectionate son, W. HOSTE. BOOK V. FROM 1814 TO 1828. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest; When...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit... | |
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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... 
