 Wails manhood in glory; The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi,* Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber ! Like the...  Nelly Marlow in Washington - Page 56by Laura D. Nichols - 1886 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...rushing Waft the leaves that are searesi, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest! Like, the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river— Like the bubble on the fountain— He is gone, and for ever!» Yes! that being of such glorious capabilities; he who threw his keen and... | |
 | Edmund Dorr Griffin - Europe - 1831 - 478 pages
...never sec thee more ?' " No never," answers this young enthusiast, " Ossian, bard of other times — Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, He is gone — and for over." Returning with the setting sun, he thus draws the picture. " We saw the... | |
 | John McVickar - 1832 - 134 pages
...never see thee more ?" " No, never," answers this young enthusiast, " Ossian, bard of other times— Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river. Like the bubble on the fountain, He is gone—and for ever." Returning with the setting sun, he thus draws the picture. " We saw the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...foray, How sound is thy slumher ! • Or corn'. The hollow side of the hill, where game usually lies. Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the huhhle on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! XVII. See Stumah,* who, the hier heside, His... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...Fleet foot on the correi,a Sage counsel in cumher, Red hand in the foray. How sound is thy slumher ! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the huhhle on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! i XVII. See Stiimnh.f who, the hier heside. His... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...washes out our very footprints. Who wept or laughed, who loved or hated, nothing remains to tell. " Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, We are gone — and for ever." This is not the view of things that satisfies our nature and its inward... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...The evening shades appear. Reminding us how soon The night of death draws near. LEAVING THIS WORLD. LIKE the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river. Like a bubble of the fountain, We ai-e gone — and for ever 1 CLOUDS BRING BLESB1NGS. OPTBN the clouds... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...searest ; But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi, Sa^e counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound...slumber ! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam ou the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! JOCK O' HAZELDEAN. SIB... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 768 pages
...mount'|ain, He is lost' to the for'est, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest : Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river ; Like the bubble on the fountain, ANAPESTIC TRIMETER. Formula xxax3. § 651. In the following accented lines there are three AnaOh ye... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...Latin preposition. Note VIII.— After waiting a long time, wo gave over looking for them. CS Note IX. Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the babble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and forever." — SCOTT. CS Note X. — In his journey he went... | |
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