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" Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old and die — but see, again, How on the faltering footsteps of Decay Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful Youth, In all its beautiful forms. "
Werner's Readings and Recitations: American classics (c1913) - Page 89
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Poems

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1851 - 380 pages
...goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own...lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight...
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The National Speaker: Containing Exercises, Original and Selected, in Prose ...

Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy eternity. Oh ! from the sterner aspects of thy face, Spare me and mine, nor let us need the wrath Of...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...that still goes on In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, fiiiish'd, yet renew'd Forever. Written on thy works, I read The lesson of...youth, In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wne not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's...
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The School Reader: Containing Instructions in the Elementary Principles of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on Thy works, I read The lesson of Thy own...and beautiful youth, — In all its beautiful forms. '£, W These lofty trees ave not less proudly, that their ancestors Molder beneath them. Oh, there...
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Selections from the Poets ...: For the Use of Schools

American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...goes on In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own...decay, Youth presses — ever gay and beautiful Youth,. 116 FOREST HYMN. In all its beautiful forms. These lofty trees, Wave not less proudly that their ancestors...
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Poems: Collected and Arranged by the Author, Complete in One Volume

William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 pages
...goes on, In silence, round me—the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo! all grow old and die—but see again, How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses—ever gay and beautiful...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...goes on In silence round me — the perpetnal work Of thy creation, finish'd yet renew'd For ever. Written on thy works I read The lesson of thy own...lofty trees Wave not less proudly that their ancestors Moulder beneath them. Oh, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight...
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The Poetry of the Sentiments

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - English poetry - 1853 - 334 pages
...goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of Thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. Written on Thy works, I read The lesson of Thy own...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's charms: upon her bosom...
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Woodland gleanings, an account of British forest-trees

Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed For ever. 'Written on thy works, I read The lesson of thy own...beautiful forms. These lofty trees Wave not less proudly than their ancestors Moulder beneath them. O, there is not lost One of earth's charms : upon her bosom...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever. Written on thy works, I read 75. The lesson of thy own eternity. Lo ! all grow old...ever gay and beautiful youth, In all its beautiful _forms. These lofty trees 80. Wave not less proudly than their + ancestors Molder beneath them. O,...
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