 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - Nature - 1893 - 156 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. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods... | |
 | Chautauquas - 1894 - 790 pages
...ground, 'T were pleasant that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a cheerful sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain turf should break. Cullen Bryant. A HISTORIC QUARREL.. THE following account of the Guelfs and Ghibellines is from the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - Bookbinding - 1894 - 492 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 gleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Away ! — I will not think... | |
 | Isaac Kaufman Funk - Sermons - 1895 - 1030 pages
...tune, And groves a cheerful sound, The sexton's hand, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin...icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beatAway ! — I will not think of these. Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath... | |
 | Jennie Ellis Keysor - Authors, American - 1895 - 210 pages
...years before. " 'Twere pleasant, that in leafy 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. v Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet, And be the damp mould gently pressed... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 532 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. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...the ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves As soon Seek roses in December — ice in June, Hope, constancy in mountain-turf should break. o. BRYANT — June. June falls asleep upon her bier of flowers ; In vain... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - Authors, American - 1898 - 406 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. A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - American literature - 1899 - 440 pages
...silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, 5 When brooks sent 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, 10 A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce. the tempests beat —... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 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,...mountain turf should break. A cell within the frozen mold, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat —... | |
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