...their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod ! By spirit hands their knell is rung, — By forms unseen their dirge is sung, — There Honor comes, a...

...all their country's wishes blest. When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; — And freedom shall...

...sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall a while repair, And dwell a weeping...

...all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's...is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair...

...Jack of Newbury. This amiable quality is, likewise, thus beautifully alluded to by the same poet — " By FAIRY HANDS their knell is rung, By FORMS UNSEEN their dirge is sung." Their employment is thus charmingly represented by Shakespeare, in the address of Prospero — " Ye...

...all their country's wishes blest! When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould; She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. We now step from the tomb to the house, the general appearance of which is known to every one. It commands...

...their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Retums to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet...is rung. By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray. To bless the turf that wraps their clay, 10 And Freedom shall awhile repair,...

..."How sleep the brave," personified Honour and Freedom coexist naturally with other "forms unseen": By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen...their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit...

...all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. (Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746) Collins grew melancholic, and produced very little...

...to the memory of those 40 young men and one woman. The 195" Catamount yearbook is dedicated to them: "By fairy hands their knell is rung. By forms unseen their dirge is sung" — Ode by William Collins. MEMOR1AL HALL. Dr. 1-lizaheth Arwater Alexander. professor emeritus of...