When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone ; Like those of old, on that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright ; And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward, Human Life: A Poem - Página 65por Samuel Rogers - 1819 - 100 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Le Roy Goodell - 1891 - 246 páginas
...hour we have spent with the past. I go to my duties saying, " Whitefield is not dead. " " When by the good man's grave I muse alone Methinks an angel sits...Like those of old on that thrice-hallowed night, Who sat and watched in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring joy, not fear, Say, pointing... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1891 - 888 páginas
...to Heaven, ue from Earth by Him to whom 'tis given in hi.-i right hand to hold the golden key Chat opes the portals of Eternity. —When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Kethinks an Angel sits upon the stone And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 páginas
...those pure and perfect realms of rest Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest ! FROM 'HUMAN LIFE.' When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks...thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward, ' Know, He is not... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 páginas
...rest Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest I FROM 'HUMAN LIFE.' When by a good man's grave l muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone,...thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward, ' Know, He is not... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 páginas
...triumphs and her sons are blest I FROM ' HUMAN LIFE.' When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Mcthinks an Angel sits upon the stone, Like those of old, on...thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward, ' Know, Ho is not... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 558 páginas
...rest Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest. — The Pleasures of Memory. GRAVEYARD MUSINGS. When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone, Like those of old, in that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring... | |
| 1905 - 584 páginas
...close 1 He slept in peace — say rather soared to Heaven, Upborne from Earth by Him to whom 'tis given In his right hand to hold the golden key That opes...muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone, And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward, " Know, He is not here ! " But let... | |
| William Stebbing - 1913 - 426 páginas
...the beauty of mother and infant's mutual love : The man of the world could reverence unworldliness : When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone.13 He analyses a tear with a dexterity Waller could not have excelled : That very law which moulds... | |
| Peary Chand Mitra - 1877 - 232 páginas
...wafts his honor'd name ! Samuel Rogers, the Bard of Memory says— — When by a good man's grave I sit alone, Methinks an angel sits upon the stone, Like those of old on that thrice-hallow'd night, Who sat and walked in raiment heavenly bright, And, with a voice inspiring not... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - 1869 - 474 páginas
...They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stcne PSALM xci, 11, 12. WHEN by a good man's grave I muse alone* Methinks...that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in heavenly raiment bright ; And with a voice inspiring joy, not fear, Said, 'pointing upward, that he... | |
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