 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 sidor
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by: Thou littlechild, yetglorious in themight Of heaven-born freedom, on thy being's height, Why...soul shall have her earthly freight. And custom lie tipon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | 1876 - 508 sidor
...That life brings with her in her equipage ; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. ODE. 271 VIII. Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! IX. O joy 1 that in our embers Is something... | |
 | Marie Sinclair Countess of Caithness - 1876 - 508 sidor
...heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 sidor
...blest, On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness 1ost, the darkness of the grave ! Thou over whom thy immortality...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 9. O joy ! that in our embers is something... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 sidor
...! ' On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, tho darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 120 130 O joy ! that in our embers Is... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 sidor
...thy immortality Broods like the. day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by 1 d eve's declining, He sees the round towers thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! Oh joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | Amos Bronson Alcott - 1877 - 202 sidor
...Mighty prophet! Seer blest I On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to llnd, (In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave;) Thou...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life!" Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 sidor
...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by 1 Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | William Cosmo Monkhouse - 1878 - 224 sidor
...Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life I O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 sidor
...Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! O joy! that in our embers Is something... | |
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Haunted forever by the eternal mind! — Mighty prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave; Thou over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er... 
