 You are not so healthy and gay, So young, so active, and bright, That death cannot snatch you away, Or some dreadful accident smite. Here lie both the young and the old, Confined in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave-...  Original Poems for Infant Minds - Page 37by Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - Children - 1821 - 184 pages
...earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the heauty and bloora, That once o'er their bodies were spread; Now still, in the desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate hcad^ Their hands, once so active for play, Their lips, which so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless... | |
 | Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1830 - 158 pages
...earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the beauty and Uloom That once o'er their bodies were spread ; Now still,...the desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head. Tttfcir hands, once so active for play, Their lips, whicli so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1835 - 488 pages
...the young and the old, x Confined in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the...desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head. Their hands, once so active for play, Their lips, which so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless lay,... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Children - 1843 - 224 pages
...So young, so active, and bright, That death cannot snatch you away, Or some dreadful accident smite. Here lie both the young and the old, Confined in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the beauty and... | |
 | Stephen Clarendon Phillips - Hymns - 1844 - 236 pages
...So young, and so active, and bright, That death cannot snatch me away, Or some fatal accident smite. Here lie both the young and the old, Confined in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave- worm devours them all. In vain were the beauty... | |
 | Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - Children's poetry - 1854 - 234 pages
...the old, Confined in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave- worm devours them all. In vain were the beauty and bloom...desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head. Their hands, once so active for play, Their lips, which so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless lay,... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1868 - 202 pages
...young, and so active and bright, That death cannot snatch you away, Or some dreadful accident smite. Here lie both the young and the old, Confined in the...and bloom That once o'er their bodies were spread j Now, still in the desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head : Their fingers, so busy before, Shall... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1876 - 206 pages
...both the young and the old. Confin'd in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the...desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head. Their hands, once so active for play, Their lips, which so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless lay,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1877 - 456 pages
...both the young and the old, Confin'd in the coffin so small, And the earth closes over them cold, And the grave-worm devours them all. In vain were the...desolate tomb, Each rests his inanimate head. Their hands, once so active for play, Their lips, which so merrily sung, Now senseless and motionless lay,... | |
 | Lady Sybil Grant - 1912 - 348 pages
...cannot snatch you away, Or some dreadful accident smite. Here lie both the young and the old, Confin'd in the coffin so small ; The earth covers over them cold, The grave-worm devours them all. This cheerful extract is from " The Churchyard " and is entitled " Original Poems for Infant Minds... | |
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