"Tomb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... inherit, at his birth, A higher promise than the things of earth; Views more exalted than this world can give, And hopes that, deathless as the soul, outlive The wreck of nature, and the common doom That hourly sweeps her myriads to the tomb? His mental powers, unfettered by the clod, Soar o'er time's gulf, and reach the throne of God. Oh what a privilege it is to know That death chains not the immortal soul below! Through the dark portals of the grave upborne, Leaving the care-worn ...
— Enthusiasm and Other Poems • Susanna Moodie
... the general doom Have swept the column from the tomb, A mightier monument command,— The ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 • Various
... Mr Nicholas Brigham, a gentleman of Oxford who greatly admired the genius of Chaucer, erected the present tomb, as near to the spot where the poet lay, "before the chapel of St Benet," as was then possible by reason of the "cancelli," which the Duke of Buckingham subsequently obtained leave to remove, that room might be made for the tomb ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer
... entrance states that this tomb, among others, was repaired by the Emperor Kienlung, who reigned in the early part of last century; but like every other ancient building in China at the present day, it is fast going to ruin for the want of ordinary care, large ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 • Various
... tait un bandit[1], qui, tant parti de nuit pour aller chercher de la poudre la ville, tait tomb en route dans une embuscade de voltigeurs corses[2]. Aprs une vigoureuse dfense, il tait parvenu faire sa retraite, vivement poursuivi et tiraillant de rocher en rocher. Mais il avait peu d'avance sur les soldats, et sa blessure le mettait hors d'tat de gagner ...
— Quatre contes de Prosper Mrime • F. C. L. Van Steenderen
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