 scape from chill misfortune's gloom, From helpless age and joyless years ; To sleep where flowerets round us bloom ; — Can such a fate deserve our tears ? Since, in the tomb, our cares, our woes, In dark oblivion buried lie, Why paint that scene of...  Contemplation: With Other Poems - Page 152by Alexander Balfour - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1834 - 442 pages
...GARDEN GRAVES: OR THE swiss CUSTOM OF PLANTING FLOWERS IN CEMETERIES. From the French of De Lille. Since in the tomb our cares, our woes, In dark oblivion...flight, Who hovering o'er the marble shrine, Reversed a flambeau's trembling light. To die ! — what is in death to fear? 'Twill decompose my lifeless frame!... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...and joyless years ; To sleep where flowerets round us bloom ; — Can such a fate deserve our tears ? In dark oblivion buried lie, Why paint that scene of calm repose Since, in the tomb, our cares, our woes, In figures painful to the eye ? To die ! — what is in death... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...from chill misfortune's gloom, From helpless age and joyless years; To sleep where flowerets i >und us bloom ;— Can such a fate deserve our tears ?...scene of calm repose In figures painful to the eye ? To die ! — what is in death to fear ? 'Twill decompose my lifeless frame ! A Power, unseen, still... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...departed friends. — BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. To 'scape from chill misfortune's gloom, From helpless age and joyless years ; To sleep where flowerets round...scene of calm repose In figures painful to the eye ? To die ! — -what is in death to fear ? 'Twill decompose my lifeless frame ! A Power, unseen, still... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES OF DEPARTED FRIENDS. To 'scape from chill misfortune's gloom, From helpless age and joyless years; To sleep where flowerets round...scene of calm repose In figures painful to the eye ? To die!—what is in death to fear ? 'T will decompose my lifeless frame! A power, unseen, still... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...Songs of the Tomb' which follow. ON PLANTING FLOWERS IN CEMETERIES. (/ran the French of De Lille.) Since in the tomb our cares, our woes, In dark oblivion...to the eye ? The wiser Greeks, with chaste design, Portrayed a nymph in airy night, Who hovering o'er the marble shrine, Reversed a flambeau's trembling... | |
 | 1850 - 300 pages
...PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES OF DEPARTED FRIENDS. To 'scape from chill misfortune's gloom, From helpless age and joyless years; To sleep where flowerets round...scene of calm repose In figures painful to the eye ? To die ! — what is in death to fear ? 'T will decompose my lifeless frame ! A power, unseen, still... | |
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