 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 lehte
...THOMAS CAMPBELL. [1777-1844.] THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality!...The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man l Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands, In plague and famine... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 lehte
...f1777-1844l THE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom The sun himself must die. Before thia mortal shall assume Its immortality! I saw a vision...my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! 1 saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The sun's... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 lehte
...Ghent. THE LAST MAN. THOMAS CAMPBELL. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom — The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime l The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
 | Walter Jenkinson Kaye - 1891 - 350 lehte
...Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. J]2an.? ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 384 lehte
...the gowd in Christentie.' THE LAST MAN ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her... | |
 | William Baker - 1892 - 156 lehte
...sometime bring the race itself to an end. Destiny lias written it in the very constitution of things. ' I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's...skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man.' Apparently Dissolution is master. Let the advocates of Evolution or Devolution stand up and defend... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 lehte
...remarks." THE LAST MAN.— THOMAS CAMPRELL. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mold That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's eye had a sickly glare,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1892 - 328 lehte
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality I I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, The Sun's eye had... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - 1894 - 296 lehte
...things despise. XXVI. THE LAST MAN. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom— The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality...shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! n. The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - 1895 - 352 lehte
...desolation, which had been strong enough in all conscience in the sunshine, began to grow and grow : — " The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages stood Around that lonely man." Near the Ram Pol there was some semblance of a town with living... | |
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All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's... 
