 I GAZED upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round ; And thought that when I came to lie At rest within the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 1741878Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1834 - 442 pages
...silent ground, Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune And groves a joyous sound, The Sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet : And icy... | |
 | Gift books - 1826 - 402 pages
...merry June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound — The sexton's spade, my grave to make, The rich green mountain turf should...mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods upon it rolled, While fierce the tempests beatAway! I will not think of these — Blue be the sky,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 520 pages
...in merry Jnne, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous seund, The sexton's spade, my grave to make, The rich green mountain turf should break. " A cell within a frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods upon it roll'd, While fierce the tempests... | |
 | 1832 - 606 pages
...June When urooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand my grave shonld make, The rich, green, mountain turf should break. A cell within the frozen mould, A coflfin Ixirne through sleet, And icy clods alwve it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 604 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green, mountain-turf should break." — p. 151. There, through the long, long summer hours, The golden light... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...silent ground, 'T were pleasanl, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make....coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it roll'd, While fieree the tempests beat — Away ! — I will not think of these — Blue be the sky... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make,...above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat— Away!—I will not think of these— Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain turf should brrak. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled,... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green, mountain-turf should break. There, through the long, long summer hours, The golden light should He,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make,...above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat— Away!—I will not think of these— Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet,... | |
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