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 - Página 1021824Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Rudyard Kipling - 1895 - 352 páginas
...desolation, which had been strong enough in all conscience in the sunshine, began to grow and grow : — " The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages stood Around that lonely man." Near the Ram Pol there was some semblance of a town with living... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 páginas
...Au. 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 iu fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 páginas
...shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! 5 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, 10 As Adam saw her... | |
| John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 páginas
...shall melt in gloom — The sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality 1 I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep A down the gulf of time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall creation's death behold As Adam... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 páginas
...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 roan ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 578 páginas
...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 rested in their bony hands ; In plague... | |
| Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 páginas
...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...eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some... | |
| 1898 - 524 páginas
...sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her...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... | |
| Sherman Williams - 1898 - 514 páginas
...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...sweep Adown the gulf of Time! I saw the last of human mold, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime! THE LAST MAN 287 The Sun's eye had... | |
| Henry St. John Digby Raikes - 1898 - 448 páginas
...the crumbling towers of Ravenna. Really, one could quite grasp Campbell's idea of the Last Man — ' The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan, The skeletons of ages were Around that lonely man.' We quite felt that if we had stopped there longer we should have... | |
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