| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 lehte
...athwart thechurehyard gate, SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. THOMA8 CAMPBELL [1777-1844l THE LAST MAN. A ii worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime ! Tho sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with uge was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 lehte
...distinguished for profound philosophy, simple sentiment, and pure and vigorous diction. V. 85. THE LAST MAW. AL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...-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,... | |
| William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 240 lehte
...and the cups, That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in. 1. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before the mortal shall assume Its immortality. 2. The flower ripens in its place, Ripens and fades and falls... | |
| 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 - 1878 - 508 lehte
...shapes shall melt in gloomThe Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! IT I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep A down the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 lehte
...Mohammedan vision ? or does the author attempt to conceal the differences ? CXXVI.— THE LAST MAN. 1. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 lehte
...all the same— You might know them for the kingi Sport and war. Of the deep. From 'Tlw Last Man.' All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom— The sun...himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortahty ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of time!... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 lehte
...with trophies. vas'sals. servants, slaves. vis'ion (vizh'un), a sight. wan, of a pale, sickly hue. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...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, The... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 240 lehte
...with trophies. vas'sals, servants, slaves. vis'ion (vizh'un), a sight. wan, of a pale, sickly hue. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...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, The... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 lehte
...with trophies. vas'sa/s, servants, slaves. ris'ion (vizh'un), a sight. wan, of a pale, sickly hue. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself...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, The... | |
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