ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's... Moral and Sacred Poetry - Seite 270von Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 296 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Francis Fulford - 1859 - 126 Seiten
...of reading it : — " THE IAST MAN." " All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, — In plague and famine some !... | |
| Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1859 - 484 Seiten
...of reading it : — " THE LAST MAN." " All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime I The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
| Francis Fulford - 1859 - 120 Seiten
...of reading it : — " THE LAST MAN." " All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in ray sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould,... | |
| Henry Heavisides - 1860 - 144 Seiten
...shall melt in gloom — The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality 1 I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands — In plague and famine some ; Earth's... | |
| 1884 - 664 Seiten
...correct sentence? LES 1 1. Who is the author of the following lines, and from what poem are they taken ? "I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...sweep Adown the gulf of time. I saw the last of human mold, That shall creation's death behold, As Adnm saw her prime.'' Berea, OLES 12. What is the diameter... | |
| 1885 - 668 Seiten
...at Nature's funeral pile! THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's... | |
| 1885 - 686 Seiten
...at Nature's funeral pile! THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime 1 The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
| Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 Seiten
...at Nature's funeral pile! THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! . I saw the last of buman mould, That shall creation's death behold, sublime THOMAS CAMPBELL. The sun's eye had a sickly... | |
| Thomas Campbell, John Hogben - 1885 - 296 Seiten
...and justice is to come. THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gnlph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death hehold, As Adam saw her prime... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 362 Seiten
...figurative. Sometimes the deviation is, as has been intimated, formal rather than significant. Thus: I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep .Adown the gulf of time. — Campbell. We ne'er are angels till our passions die. — Decker. Whilom in Albion's isle there... | |
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