 | Salomon Gessner - 1805 - 332 pages
...in the following beautiful lines : When Spring with dewy fingers cold Returnstodeck their hallow'd mould; She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. T. + Cain alludes to his dream in this reflection, from which he seems inclined to derive, if possible,... | |
 | Henry Siddons - 1806 - 848 pages
...savage with courage, like this, and where will be the comparison ? " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, ** By all their country's wishes blest !...hallowed mould., " She there .shall dress a sweeter sod '» Hun fancy's fe«t have ever trod. • f. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen, their... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...their Country's wishes bleat 1 When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fair)' hands their knell is rang ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim... | |
 | 1804 - 450 pages
...profperous and free. 3 1. The Memory of George Wajhingion — " How sleep the brave who sink to re«t By all their country's wishes blest ! When spring with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow 'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. " By fairy... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...such scene from every future view. AN ODE. •WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1746. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowM mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands... | |
 | Hugh Gray - 1809 - 438 pages
...triumphant; they had beaten the enemy : he died in the arms of victory. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung,... | |
 | Hugh Gray (writer on Canada.) - 1809 - 440 pages
...triumphant; they had beaten the enemy : he died in the arms of victory. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When...fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould ; She then shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung,... | |
 | Hugh Gray - 1809 - 438 pages
...triumphant; they had beaten the enemy : he died in the arms of victory. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! "When...fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould j She then shall, dress a sweetef sod, Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. * By fairy hands their knell... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...sons, O Nature, learn my tale. ODE, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCXLVI. [IBID.] How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest? When...Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow VI mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...all their country's wishes hlest! When Spring, with dewy lingers cold. Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than Fancy's...hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge a song; There Honour comes, • pilgrim pray, To hless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom... | |
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How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 
