...Yet gems beneath that wave may sleep, That perish not, though years have flown. WILLIAM C. BRYANT. And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. THOU unrelenting Past! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, Far in thy realm withdrawn Old...

...its bosom. Still we prefer the lines "To the Past," -which are at once lofty, tender, and pleasing. Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...! home ! — thy peace is won, thy heart is filled. — Thou art gone home !" TO THE PAST. BHYANT. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom ; And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...not unmeet it was that one, Like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, TO THE PAST. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom; And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...prefer the lines "To the Past," which are at once lofty, tender, and pleasing. Thou unrelenting Fast ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...though the mind may wander, the heart can never forget ? Well could I say with him who sings so well: And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. ' THOU unrelenting Past! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain ; • In thy abysses hide Beauty...

...its bosom. Still we prefer the lines "To the Past," which are at once lofty, tender, and pleasing. And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, Far in thy realm withdrawn Old...

...her that wept o'er that young slumberer's brow? " 2. Solemnity. (" Swell " moderately increased.) " Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom ; And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...sinks or saves, Strews the sand with countless graves Round your coast. Thomas Sheridan. TO THE PAST.1 THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realai withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep...

...Yist'n'st, spear, spleen, spring, asps, clasp'rf, stead, strong, tastes, tast'st. To the Past. WC BRYANT. THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round...domain, And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enters thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom;...