 Our lives are rivers, gliding free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave ! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither the mighty torrents stray, Thither the brook pursues its way, And tinkling...  Notes for Latin Lyrics - Page 213by Rev.H. Musgrave Wilkins,M.A. - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...sea, The silent grave : Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In that dark wave ; Thither the mighty torrents stray, Thither...poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. This world is but the rugged road Which leads us to the bright abode Of peace above : Bo let us choose... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 508 pages
...sea, The silent grave. Thither all earthly pomp and hoast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In that dark wave! Thither the mighty torrents stray — Thither...tinkling rill . There, all are equal: — side by Bide The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. This world is but the rugged road Which... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 270 pages
...free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave ! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither...poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. IV. I will not here invoke the throng Of orators and sons of song, The deathless few ; Fiction entices... | |
 | 1838 - 348 pages
...swallowed up and lost Thither the hrook pursues its way And tinkling rill; There all are equal — side hy side. The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. This world is hut the tugged road Which leads us to the hright ahode Of peace ahove ; So let us choose... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave ! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither...still. I will not here invoke the throng Of orators and sons of song, The deathless few; Fiction entices and deceives, And, sprinkled o'er her fragrant leaves,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...For the GREAT WESTERN didn't barst her boiler f THE GRAVE YARD. " There all are equal, side by sid«, The poor man, and the son of pride, Lie calm and still." Voiees of the night. How peacefully they rest ; th« young, the old/ The grave, and gay, here sleep... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave ! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither...still. I will not here invoke the throng Of orators and sons of song, The deathless few ; Fiction entices and deceives, And, sprinkled o'er her fragrant leaves,... | |
 | 1844 - 288 pages
...free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave 1 Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither...poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still. [LONGFELLOW'S Trantlation of Coplat dt Manrique.] BE and continue poor, young man, •while others... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...ailent grave. Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. There all are equal. Side by side The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still." As we mounted the hill behind the ruins our thoughts received a fresh impetus and colour. The krge... | |
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