 | 1821 - 502 Seiten
...amiable, the intelligent and the virtuous. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! i None knew thee, but to love thee, Nor named thee, but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep ; And long, where thou art lying, Will tears... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 328 Seiten
...swinging in the wind, until chance directed the footsteps of some straggler to the place. 257 CHAPTER X. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise." HaUtck. WHILE the scenes and events that we have recorded were occurring, Captain Lawton led his small... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1827 - 76 Seiten
...no triumph-hours, save on the battle day ? ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, OP NEW-YORK, SEPT. 1820. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears... | |
 | 1828 - 502 Seiten
...father's neck, and he expired. Thus died he, of whom I may say with truth, as I do with tears, " Gieen be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ; None knew thee but to love thee, Or named thee but to praise." WILTON. MEMORANDA OF TRAVELS IN TURKEY. We insert the following extract... | |
 | 1829 - 742 Seiten
...poet, haunting our memory, and rising unconsciously to our lips : — " Green be the turf above thcc, Friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee, None nam'd thee but to praise." ****** '' When hearts whose home was heaven. Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | 1835 - 842 Seiten
...tender sentiment and simplicity. This poem consists merely of six quatrains, and we quote them in full. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, ]NTor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long,... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 Seiten
...The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 38 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 Seiten
...written in September, 1820, after the death of Joseph Rodman Drake, the intimate friend of our author. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. " Tears fell, when thou" wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will... | |
 | 1836 - 802 Seiten
...tender sentiment and simplicity. This poem consists merely of six quatrains, and we quote them in full. Green be the. turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named tliee but to praise. Tears fell when tliou wert dying, From eyes unused to \\eep, And long, where ihou... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 112 Seiten
...summer dust, Burn to the socket." GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WORDSWORTH. None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears... | |
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Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 
