 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments ! Gladness...those happy seats, but the Genius told me there was nri passage to them except through the gates efDEATH, that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge... | |
 | Tales - 1831 - 196 pages
...fountains or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings ot an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats: but the genius told me there was no passage... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. 16. " The islands," said he, " that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...me upon the discovery of so delightful n scene. I wished for the wines of an eagle, that I might fiy away to those happy seats ; but the Genius told me there was no passage to them, except tlirough the gates of death thnt I saw opening every moment npontlio -bridge. 10. "The islands." said... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; And could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...happy seats ; but the Genius told me there was no pasr aage to them, except through tiie gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling uffers in the body of the tragedy, they will make...afflictions, we are apt to comfort ourselves, because cverv moment upon the bridge. "The islands, ''said he, "that lie so fresh and green before thee, and... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...falling waters, human voices, and musical instru ments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of во delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy scats : but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. 31. Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for...death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. 32. " The islands," said he, " that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused hannonv of singing birds, falling 5y everv moment upon the bridge. " The islands," said he, " that lie so fresh and green before thee, and... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 648 pages
...singing-birds, fulling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. 'Gladness,* exclaims the rapt dreamer, ' grew in me, upon the discovery of so delightful a scene ! I longed for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those hfippy scats ! ' But there was no... | |
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... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... 
