 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
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 pages
...the ground, T were 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, 10 A coffin borne through sleet, And icy... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American poetry - 1906 - 548 pages
...the ground, 'T were 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,...borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, Away! I will not think of these ; Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet,... | |
 | American poetry - 1910 - 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1911 - 280 pages
...ground, 'Twere pleasant, °that in flowery June, 5 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, 10 A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat —... | |
 | James Newton Matthews - American poetry - 1911 - 360 pages
...ANOTHER VIEW 'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When birds 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. — BRYANT'S "JUNE." Not so with me! I dare not think Of death when lovely June Lies on the lilac and... | |
 | Albert Hamann - 1911 - 226 pages
...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 to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break." John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807—1892, ranks next to Bryant and Longfellow.... | |
 | Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury - American poetry - 1912 - 634 pages
...the ground, 'T were 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... | |
 | Poetry - 1912 - 616 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1914 - 400 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,...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 —... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - American poetry - 1918 - 748 pages
...that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, 1 Bryant died in June, 1878. And groves a joyous sound. The sexton's hand, my grave to make,...turf should break, A cell within the frozen mould, I0 A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat —... | |
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