Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die ; but see again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses, — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. Poems - Page 41by William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1824 - 494 pages
...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo !...not lost One of earth's charms: upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies And yet shall lie. Life... | |
| 1825 - 574 pages
...work Of tby creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on tl,y works I read The lesson of tby own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die— but see,...not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies And yet shall lie. Life... | |
| Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — hut see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses— ever gay and heautiful... | |
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo !...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth possess — ever gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
| 1826 - 524 pages
...round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works 1 read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow...on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses — every gay and beautiful youth In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly... | |
| American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die—but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth possess—ever gay and beautiful... | |
| John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo!...again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses—ever gay and beautiful youth— In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo !...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly tint their ancestors Moulder beneath them. 0, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom... | |
| Unitarianism - 1831 - 442 pages
...silence round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finish'd, yet renew'd For ever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo!...not lost One of earth's charms. Upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies, And yet shall lie. Life... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo !...proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries,... | |
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