 | 1829 - 426 Seiten
...shares again the joyous feast. His imaged birds, and painted bowl, And ven'son, for a journey dress'd, Bespeak the nature of the soul, Activity, that knows...stone, Can only mean that life is spent, And not the finer essence gone. Thou, stranger, that shalt come this way, No fraud npontbe dead commit — Observe... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 412 Seiten
...shares again the joyous feast. His imaged birds, and painted bowl, And ven'son, for a journey dress'd, Bespeak the nature of the soul, Activity, that knows...stone, Can only mean that life is spent, And not the finer essence gone. Thou, stranger, that shalt come this way, No fraud upon the dead commit — Observe... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...Indian, when from life released, Again is seated with his friends, And shares again the joyous feast.* His imaged birds and painted bowl, And venison for...mean that life is spent, And not the old ideas gone. Thou, stranger, that shalt come this way, No fraud upon the dead commit ; Observe the swelling turf,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...shares again the joyous feast.s His imaged birds, and painted bowl, And venison, for a journey dress'd, Bespeak the nature of the soul, Activity, that knows no rest. His how, for action ready bent, And arrows, with a head of stone, Can only mean that life is spent, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1848 - 332 Seiten
...Indian, when from life released, Again is seated with his friends, And shares again the joyous feast.* His imaged birds and painted bowl, And venison for...nature of the soul, Activity, that knows no rest. * The North American Indians bury their dead in a sitting posture ; decorating the corpse with wampum,... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1850 - 378 Seiten
...Indian, when from life released, Again is seated with his friends, And shares again the joyous feast.* His imaged birds, and painted bowl, And venison, for...action ready bent, And arrows, with a head of stone, * The North American Indians bury their dead in a sitting posture , decorating the corpse •with warnpum,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...of stone, But when did ghost return his state to shew ; Or who can promise half the tale is true 1 Can only mean that life is spent. And not the old ideas gone. I too must be a fleeting ghost ! — no more— None, none but shadows to those mansions go ; I leave... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 Seiten
...Indian, when from life released, Again is seated with his friends, And shares again the joyous feast.* His imaged birds, and painted bowl, And venison, for...mean that life is spent, And not the old ideas gone. Thou, stranger, that shalt come this way, No fraud upon the dead commit — Observe the swelling turf,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 Seiten
...painted bowl, And ven'son, for a journey drest, Bespeak the nature of the soul, Activity, that waiite no rest. His bow for action ready bent. And arrows, with a head of bone, Can only menu that life is spent, And not the finer essence gone. Thou, stranger, that shnlt... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 300 Seiten
...CG LELAXD. Arrow. To dream of finding, or of shooting an arrow, is an omen of death. ACHMET SEIKIM. His bow for action ready bent, And arrows with a head...mean that life is spent, And not the old ideas gone. PHILIP FREXEAU. Give me my bent bow in my hand, And a broad arrow I'll let flee ; And where that shaft... | |
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I still my old opinion keep ; The posture, that we give the dead, Points out the soul's eternal sleep. Not so the ancients of these lands — The Indian, when from life released, Again is seated with his friends, And shares again the joyous feast. His... 
