 Halleck. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! 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 the cold turf steep....  Poets of America: With Occasional Notes - Seite 238herausgegeben von - 1849 - 405 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 504 Seiten
...peculiarly to select for the objects of its attack, the amiable, the intelligent and the virtuous. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...to weep; And long, where thou art lying, Will tears thy cold turf steep. When hearts, whose home was Heaven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should... | |
 | 1821 - 502 Seiten
...And long, where thou art lying, Will tears thy cold turf steep. When hearts, whose home was Heaven, Nor named thee, but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath' be woven To tell the world their worth : And... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1831 - 424 Seiten
...the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. 239 ' On the Death qf Joseph Rodman Drake.—FG Halleck Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my...Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1831 - 436 Seiten
...some straggler to the place. CHAPTER XXXIV. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better d.tys; None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise." Halleck. WHILE the scenes and events that we have recorded were occurring, Captain Lawton led his small... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1832 - 410 Seiten
...welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake.—F. G. Halleck Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my...Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 546 Seiten
...compensate for the honour France has lost at Tahiti and elsewhere. LINES ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared thy joy and sorrow, Whose weal and... | |
 | William Carleton - 1834 - 230 Seiten
...his father's neck, and he expired. Thus died he, of whom I may say with truth, as I do with tears, " Green be the turf above thee, friend of my better days ; None knew thee but to love thee. Or named thee but to praise." THE END. I ... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 Seiten
...him th« touching language with which an admired poet has hallowed the memory of a brother bard:— " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...but to love thee, Nor named thee, but to praise." And were it only for the peculiar species of fame which Lamb's contributions to the light literature... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 Seiten
...him the touching language with which an admired poet has hallowed the memory of a brother bard:— " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...but to love thee, Nor named thee, but to praise." And were it oniy for the peculiar species of fame which Lamb's contributions to the light literature... | |
 | 1836 - 208 Seiten
...those wayward ones, who now try your patience, will say in some future time, as I say of this dear " friend of my better days "— '• None knew thee but to love thee, None named tbee but to praise." Is it said I have drawn too perfect a character, because without faults.... | |
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