 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 頁
...the shore. Still better than these verses are the stanzas on the death of his brother poet Drake : Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ; None knew thee but to love thee, None named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep ; And long... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 312 頁
...and Halleck commemorated the event in a touching poem, in which appeared the often quoted lines — " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to lovo thee. None named thee but to praise." A second and enlarged edition of Fanny appeared in 1821.... | |
 | 1855 - 804 頁
...finished, he tlfrpi ***!, and no student of old Washington but will lay from the depths of his heart— " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knur ihre but to lote thee, None named Ла but to praitf." ses This species of poetry claims a very... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 頁
...One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die. On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better...thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Such graves as his are pilgrim-shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined, — The Delphian vales,... | |
 | 1856 - 416 頁
...away. Peace to his memory. Those who knew Wilford in days long gone by may say with the poet:— " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee, None named thee but to praise!" The accomplished soldier has left behind a name revered by many, who,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 頁
...thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thon wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long where tliou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are l:iid in earlh, There should 11 wreath be woven To tell the world their worth.And I, who woke ench... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 頁
...thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert Jying, From eyes unused to weep, And long where tlioti art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was pvovo:i, Like thine, are Inid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth;... | |
 | John H. Mills - 1857 - 282 頁
...memory of his kindred, and of those who were workers together 'with him in the vineyard of the Lord. " Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days, None knew thee but to love thee — None named thee but to praise." REV. NICHOLAS WHITE. MR. SENEY was succeeded by the Rev. Nicholas... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 頁
...sentiment will recommend it to all readers. It is, however, carelessly written, and the first quatrain, Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days — None knew theo but to love thee, NOT named thee but to praise. although beautiful, bears too close a resemblance... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 374 頁
...the shore. Still better than these verses are the stanzas on the death of his brother poet Drake : Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ; None knew tbee but to love thee, None named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused... | |
| |
GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. 
