 | Stanley Leathes - 1878 - 448 lehte
...it is, or else that the race shall die out, and the poet's vision be realised of a last man : — " I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength...shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime." Now in the abstract it is impossible to conceive of either of these alternatives as being realised... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 lehte
...differences ? CXXVI.— THE LAST MAN. 1. 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 ! 2. The Sun's eye had a sickly glare... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 514 lehte
...Its Immortality! 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...eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 lehte
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! a I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, 10 As Adam saw her prime! The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 852 lehte
...spoke peace to man. 1819. TIIE LAST MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality...my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time 1 I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! The Sun's... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 lehte
...sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, 10 As Adam saw her prime ! The sun's eye had a sickly...The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! 15 Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1880 - 434 lehte
...better to be good than to be great! How much greater than greatness goodness is ! A DREAM OF THE YEAR. " I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time I" —T. Campbell. We have more dreams awake than when we sleep. A large part of every one's life is passed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 lehte
...shapes shall melt in gloomThe HUH himself mast die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality 1 I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of lime! I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime 1 The... | |
 | Julie P. Smith - 1880 - 372 lehte
...a volume of Campbell from the library. " I've got the ipse dixit of a fellow who pretends to know. "'I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the vale of time. I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw its prime.'... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 lehte
...— as Kosciusko fell ! 3. THE LAST MAN. All wordly 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... | |
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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... 
