 ... curtain fall Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1031824Full view - About this book
 | Ebenezer E. Lewis - 1917 - 168 pages
...Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd Or mown in battle by the sword Like grass beneath the scythe. "Ev'n I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire;...Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see thou shall not boast. The eclipse of Nature spreads my pallThe majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting... | |
 | Mary Shelley - 1996 - 476 pages
...in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. 50 Ev'n I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire;...me expire. My lips that speak thy dirge of death— 55 Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see thou shalt not boast. The eclipse of Nature spreads... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 2000 - 678 pages
...oblivion's curtain fall Upon the stage of men, Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again . . . The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, — The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost. 36 The curtain comes down with the rush of a storm of which the audience is unaware unless there is... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 368 pages
...beneath the scythe. 6. Even I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire • Test of all sunless agonies, Behold not me expire. My lips that speak...majesty of Darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! 7. This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark ; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be... | |
 | 1899 - 336 pages
...stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, or mown in battle by the sword like grass beneath the scythe ! Even I am weary in yon skies to watch thy fading fire ;...rounded gasp and gurgling breath to see, — thou shall not boast ; the eclipse of "Nature spreads my pall, the majesty of Darkness shall receive my... | |
 | 1828 - 502 pages
...Stretch'd in disease's shapes abhorr'd, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. Ev'n I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire ;...Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see thou shall not boast. The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, — The majesty of Darkness shall Receive my... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 538 pages
...in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe. "Even I am weary in yon skies To watch thy fading fire ;...— Their rounded gasp and gurgling breath To see them shalt not boast. The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall — The majesty of Darkness shall Receive... | |
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