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...thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, M Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and...

...thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun — the vales Stretching in pensive quietude between — The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks...

...thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable...

...Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world—with kings, The powerful of the earth—the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages...sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods—rivers that move In...

...thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, 35 The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All...

...thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre . . . By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About...

...dropped before the reader really grasps how little consolation it is, after all, to be told that he will "lie down / With patriarchs of the infant world -.../ The powerful of the earth - the wise, the good. ..." Indeed, the whole notion of the vocation of poetry as primarily one of consolation comes out of...

...eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with...the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past. - William Cullan Bryant. The word 'soul,' given lip service only for two millennia by Christian whites,...

...thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable...