...fill Heaven's mighty roll ; the glorious armory That ministered to thee is opened still. THE PA S T. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom; Childhood with all its mirth, Youth, manhood, ago that draws us to'thc ground, And, last, man's life...

...renewed in such as thee : A shoot of that old vine that made The nations silent in its shade. THE PAST. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Jje deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws...

...arms. And lay them down no more, Till we have driven the Briton ForrviT from our shore. TO THE PAST. { Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbrcathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullcnncss and gloom; And glorious...

...grief, O foolish tears, When God doth call us home ! John Wilson, 1816. M. 6 & 10. The Past. I HTHOU unrelenting Past ! -*. Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. 2 Thou hast my better years, Thou hast my earlier friends, — the good, the kind, Yielded to thee...

...renewed in such as thee : A shoot of that old vine that made The nations silent in its shade. THE PAST. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Tje deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws...

...gnef, O foolish tears, When God doth call us home ! M. 6& 10. The PasL 1 '"THOU unrelenting Past ! s^ Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. 9 Thou hast my better years, Thou hast my earlier friends,— the good, the kind. Yielded to thee with...

...increased.) THE PAST. — Bryant. " Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark doma n , And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy...its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age, that draws us to the grounh, And last, Man's Life on earth, Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound." 3. Tranquillity....

...renewed in such as thee : A shoot of that old vine that made The nations silent in its shade. THE PAST. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, Thou hast my better years ; Thou hast my earlier friends, the good, the kind, Yielded to thee with...

...renewed in such as thce : A shoot of that old vine that made The nations silent in its shade. THE PAST. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with ail its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And last, Man's Life on earth, Glide...

...the old necromancers, invoke a host of spectres from the shadowy graves of the past, " Far in whose realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and...glorious ages gone, Lie deep within the shadow of whose tomb. " — Bryant. Hyssop! Ver. 22. When an eastern traveller visited the city of Sidon, its...