 Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven ; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their...  Eloquence of the United States - Página 4511827Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1870 - 128 páginas
...for his extraordinary and masterly ability and skill. " Ne'er to the chambers where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest, Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed, A fairer spirit or more welcome shade." ONE wno KNEW HIM. [From the Albany Argut, Junt 18,... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1870 - 530 páginas
...the lines written by Addison's friend Tickell — " Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed, A fairer spirit or more welcome shade : Oh, gone for ever ! take this long adieu, And sleep... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...And saints who taught, and led, the way to heaven. Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation, came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. In what new region, to the just assigned, What new... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 páginas
...them, of each of them, every American may exclaim, " Ne'er to the chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation, came a nobler guest, Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade." 8. We may not mourn over the departure of such men.... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1871 - 684 páginas
...the grand poetic epitaph : " Ne'er to the mansions where the mighty rest, Since their foundations, came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A purer saint or a more welcome shade." ir. TRIBUTES TO GENERAL LEE. IN the deep emotion with... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1872 - 722 páginas
...; And saints who taught and led the way to heav'n ; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest. Since their foundation, came a nobler guest ; Nor...convey'd, A fairer spirit or more welcome shade." We have referred to Macaulay's companionship in death with Addison. On the ninth of January, 1860, his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 páginas
...heaven; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation, came a nobler guest ; \or e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. J*i what new region to the just assigned, What new employments please th' unbodied mind A winged Virtue,... | |
 | Westminster abbey - 1872 - 156 páginas
...friend and contemporary, Thomas Tickle : — ADDISON. " Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation, came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade. Oh, gone for ever ! talce this long adieu, . And sleep... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1872 - 524 páginas
...Human Family. The words of the poet were revived: — " Ne'er to these chambers where the mighty rest Since their foundation came a nobler guest; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade." t Judge him by the simple record of his life, and... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1873 - 360 páginas
...And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven ; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest; Nor e'er...bliss convey'd A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. " In what new region, to the just assigned, What new employments please th' unbodied mind ? A winged... | |
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