 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...BEGINNING OF 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 hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod 5 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ;... | |
 | William Collins, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Sir Egerton Brydges, John Langhorne - 1830 - 234 pages
...BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746. How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes bless'd ! 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 hands their knell is rung ; By... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...embellished with beautiful vignettes, has considerable merit, and its perusal yields no urnaH gratification. 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 hands their knell is rung, By... | |
 | 1832 - 510 pages
...stanzas undoubtedly :— ' 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'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. * By fairy hands their knell is rung, By... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...Sir William Temple. ' How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, tit/ all their country* s nrishes blat ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Faney's feet have ever trod. — Collins. acts. CICERO embarks for Greece,... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...help reciting aloud — " 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'd mould, She there will dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod." I think Collins must have been favoured... | |
 | Sir William Hoste (1st bart), Lady Harriet Walpole Hoste - 1833 - 348 pages
...BOOK V. FROM 1814 TO 1828. 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'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 pages
...REBELLION OF 174)5. " How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's wishes blest I 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-hands their knell is rung-,... | |
 | Sir William Hoste (1st Bart.) - 1833 - 352 pages
...BOOK V. FROM 1814 TO 1828. 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'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By... | |
 | Adam Fergusson - 1833 - 404 pages
...help reciting aloud — " 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'd mould, She there will dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod." I think Collins must have been favoured... | |
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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 hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is... 
