 ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1021824Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1836 - 572 pages
...unsatisfactory impression. The scenery by which the Last Man is surrounded is finely delineated. ' The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rested in their bony hands; In plague... | |
 | J H Hedley - 1836 - 352 pages
...All wordly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to .sweep Adown the gulph of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime!... | |
 | 1836 - 352 pages
...dead body of the half-bred rolled at her feet ! J. п. н. o. THE DISMAL MAN. (For the Parterre.) " The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan." CAMPBELL. JEREMIAH NIGHTSHADE was born in a dull, back street in London, just at daybreak, before the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...MAN. ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were . Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | 1837 - 474 pages
...All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of time : I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 412 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan ; The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the hrands Still rusted in their hony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...ALL wordly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave...age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...shall melt in gloom I The sun itself shall die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality. 2, 1 saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength...Adown the gulf of time; I saw the last of human mould, Tha' shall creation's death behold, As Adam saw the prime. 3. The sun's eye had a sickly glare ; The... | |
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