 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 James Armitage - Anglican Communion - 1922 - 476 pages
...and lost should at least sleep their last sleep in ground set apart from common uses, whether it be A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through...clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat, or whether it be that the one held dear sleeps beneath a summer sun, and gentle breezes blow, and our... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...within the ground, Twere pleasant, that in flowery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves s B mountain-turf should break. BRTANT — June. » What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...ground, "T were plensant 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,...it rolled. While fierce the tempests beat — Away ! 1 will not think of these — Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath the feet,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - American literature - 1927 - 1288 pages
...h;md, my grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break. A cell within the frozen mold, ю A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above...While fierce the tempests beat — Away! — I will sot think of these— Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, is Earth green beneath the feet, And be... | |
 | Church work with youth - 1912 - 908 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. — Bryant. Historical Event* of June i, i8c8 — Hobson sank the "Merrimac" to bottle up Cervera's... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1853 - 1476 pages
...silent ground, 'T were 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, The rich, green, mountain-turf should break. There, through the long, long summer Bours, The golden light should lie.... | |
 | Bill Kauffman - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 232 pages
...to die (" '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 / The rich, green mountain turf should break"). But WCB didn't have 50,000 square feet of merchandise to sell off. In the first days of the sale, the... | |
 | Walt Whitman - Literary Collections - 2007 - 404 pages
...Paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 of the NYTR article were not reprinted. See Appendix xv, 2. Jaunt up the Hudson. 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... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1878 - 1766 pages
...I gazed upon the glorious sky, And the green mountains round ; And thought, that when I came to lie Within the silent ground, 'Twere pleasant, that in...clods above it rolled, While fierce the tempests beat — Awuy ! — I will not think of these — Blue be the sky and soft the breeze, Earth green beneath... | |
 | English poetry - 1923 - 160 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. une A cell within the frozen mould, A coffin borne through sleet, And icy clods above it rolled, While... | |
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