 | John Wilson - 1856 - 416 pages
...; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements — To be a brother to the insensible...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould ; Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 pages
...And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go K To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. *° I. The title means a meditation on death (Thanatos,... | |
 | Merle Eugene Curti - 970 pages
...resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shall thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. True, shortly after writing the poem, Bryant emphasized... | |
 | Herrlee Glessner Creel - 1982 - 200 pages
...go 19. Chuang-tzu, 7.26b; Legge, The Writings of Kwang-zze, II, 66-67; Wilhelm, Dschuang Dsi, 165. To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. And the conclusion: So live, that when thy summons... | |
 | Robert A. Ferguson - 1984 - 456 pages
...trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To he a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his r<x>ts abroad, and pierce thy mould. In associationist terms, Bryant is creating the... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
...again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou... | |
 | A. Robert Lee, W. M. Verhoeven - 1996 - 376 pages
...again. And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible...rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. (P, 31) Bryant's lines on death as union with nature and on stoic acceptance of the passage of time... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 pages
...shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again. And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever...swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold. Four years later, when Bryant had moved to Great... | |
 | Carmela Ciuraru - 2001 - 276 pages
...shall claim Thy growth, to be resolv'd to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrend'ring up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to th' insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads... | |
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Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish... 
