 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
 | John Noake - Worcestershire (England) - 1848 - 396 pages
...silent ground, 'T were pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks sent up a pleasant 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 lie, And thick young herbs and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1851 - 380 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, The rich, green mountain turf should breal A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 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,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 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,...coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it roll'd, While fierce the tempests beat — Away ! — I will not think of these — Blue be the sky... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1853 - 496 pages
...silent ground, 'T were pleasant, that in flowery June, \Vhen 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 lie,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 318 pages
...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 to make, The rich, green mountain turf should break. And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat— Away !—I will not think of these—... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 320 pages
...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 to make, The rich, green mountain turf should break. And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat— Away !—I will not think of these—... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...pleiisai.t, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, Tii'1 sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain...cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through gleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests bent — Away 1 — I will not think... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...green mountains round ; And thought that when I came to lie I gazed upon the glorious sky And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain turf should break. At rest within the ground, Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune,... | |
 | Arabella M. Willson - Baptists - 1856 - 398 pages
...Bryant's hymn, — '"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, The rich, green mountain-turf should break." * These are no idle words, for, says the K"ew York Recorder, 'Her love... | |
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