 One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid ; The plashing waters mark his resting-place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o'er, Then break, to be, like...  Writings of Charles Sprague: Now First Collected - Seite 12von Charles Sprague - 1841 - 124 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Sprague - 1829 - 66 Seiten
...a ripple plays ; How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's sabbath-hour; One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said,...resting-place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; 24 Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o'er, Then break, to be, like him, beheld no more ; Down,... | |
 | 1830 - 592 Seiten
...a ripple plays ; How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's sabbath hour ; One voice that silence breaks, — the prayer is said,...With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep.' pp. 24, 25. Mr Sprague's language is simple and nervous, and his imagery brilliant and striking. There... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 Seiten
...they slowly bear : How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of Death's sabbath hour ! One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said,...pays to man is paid : The plashing waters mark his resting place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o'er,... | |
 | 534 Seiten
...death's sahhath hour! One voice that silence hreaks— the prayer is said, And the last rite man pavs to man is paid ; The plashing waters mark his resting-place, And fold him round in one Iong cold emhrace? Bright hahhles for a moment sparkle o'er, Then hreak, to he (like him) heheld no... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...a ripple plays ; How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's sabbath-hour : One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said,...the last rite man pays to man is paid ; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 Seiten
...in its power, The silent lecture of death's Sabbath-hour ! 21. One voice that silence breaks—the prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man...With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep. LESSON LXXXVIII. Washing-Day. 1. THE Muses are turned gossips ; they have lost The buskined step, and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 Seiten
...a ripple plays ; How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's Sabbath-hour : One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said,...sinks to sleep, With all the nameless shapes that hnunt the deep. "Alps rise on Alps" — in vain my muse essays To lay the spirit that she dared to... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 Seiten
...said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid ; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And folds him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles...With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep. TO THE WHIP-POOR-WILL, BY ELIZABETH F. ELLET. BIRD of the lone and joyless night, Whence is thy sad... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 Seiten
...a ripple plays ; How eloquent, how awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's sabbath-hour ! One voice that silence breaks^ — the prayer is said,...the last rite man pays to man is paid ; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And folds him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...awful in its power, The silent lecture of death's sabbath-hour: One voice that silence breaks—the prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a... | |
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