 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
 | Methodism - 1881 - 790 pages
...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. ' The Death of the Flowers,' ' June,' ' Hymn to Death,' ' The Old Man's Funeral,' besides others, are,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 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,...frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clouds above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away! I will not think of these — Blue... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton's band, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain turf should...frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clouds above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away! I will not think of these — Blue... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves quisitive Attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloq c. BBYANT — June. June is bright with roses gay, Harebells bloom around her feet. d. DOHA GOODALE—... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1882 - 632 pages
...greater than he is. Even in a poem on June he cannot forget the darksome ways of life. There he chants of "'A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clouds above it rolled, While fierce the tempest beat.'" And an American critic remarks: " Bryant's... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves er gre£n mountain turf should break. c. BBYANT— June. June is bright with roses gay, Harebells bloom... | |
 | 1883 - 440 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,...turf should break. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffiu borne through sleet, And icy elods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1884 - 398 pages
...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 clods above.it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away ! — I will not think of these — Blue be... | |
 | Walt Whitman - American essays - 1882 - 412 pages
...ground, 'Twere pleasant that in flowery June, When brooks send up a joyous tune, And groves a cheerful sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich green mountain turf should break. JAUNT UP THE HUDSON. June 2Oth. — On the " Mary Powell," enjoy'd everything beyond precedent. The... | |
 | Walt Whitman - Poets, American - 1883 - 390 pages
...ground, 'Twere pleasant that in flowery June, When brooks send up a joyous tune, And groves a cheerful sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich green mountain turf should break. JAUNT UP THE HUDSON. June 20th.—On the " Mary Powell," enjoy'd everything beyond precedent. The delicious... | |
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