 | 1821 - 502 sider
...amiable, the intelligent and the virtuous. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! i None knew thee, but to love thee, Nor named thee, but 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... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 328 sider
...straggler to the place. 257 CHAPTER X. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days— None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise." HaUtck. WHILE the scenes and events that we have recorded were occurring, Captain Lawton led his small... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1827 - 76 sider
...RODMAN DRAKE, OP NEW-YORK, SEPT. 1820. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to...should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, 30 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE, And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared... | |
 | 1829 - 742 sider
...thee but to love thee, None nam'd thee but to praise." ****** '' When hearts whose home was heaven. Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth." ****** '- It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, But I've in vain essayed it, And feel... | |
 | 1835 - 842 sider
...full. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, ]NTor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert...steep. When hearts whose truth was proven, Like thine arc laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. And I, who woke each... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 sider
...dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 38 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And... | |
 | Alnwick Castle, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 sider
...summer dust, Burn to the socket. 11 GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WoRDsWORTH. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid hi earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, And I, who woke each morrow... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 sider
...Drake, the intimate friend of our author. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to...From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lymg, Will tears the cold turf steep. " When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 sider
...hallowed the memory of a brother bard:— " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days, None knew thee, 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... | |
 | 1839 - 430 sider
...of Joseph Rodman Drake.—FG HALLECK. GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to...thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woveu To tell the world their worth. And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared... | |
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Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 
