So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained... An Outline of the History of Christian Literature - Page 499by George Leopold Hurst - 1926 - 547 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1844 - 592 pages
...moves, To that mysterious realm, when each «hall lake His chamber in the silent h.ill - of death, Then go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach the grave, Like one who wrapa the drapery of... | |
| 1875 - 828 pages
...world leaves them, and fills the breast with immortal hopes iu dying moments." " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." The bereaved heart here finds its comfort — the comfort of hope. No sullen despair afflicts the Christian's... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...one be gather'd to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustain'd and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| United States - 1845 - 648 pages
...images, they but serve to deepen the simple monition at the close : "So live, that when Ihy summon comes, to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry slave at night, Scourged... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of... | |
| D. L. Carroll - Sermons - 1846 - 384 pages
...all the impressive solemnitiesof this funeral scene, that each one of you be ready, so that when "Thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thoa go not like the quarry slave at night Scourged... | |
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