...He says : When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. Irving, beholding the portraits of...

...poet, the predecessor, hands power over to the boy because the poet does not need it. He has enough. THANATOPSIS To him who in the love of Nature holds...house Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and...

...and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he...house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and...

...Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 154 Thanatopsis To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart, — Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and...

...'twere cause indeed to weep. Thanatopsis1 To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks a various language; for...house, make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; — go forth, under the open sky, and list to Nature's teachings, while from all around — earth and...

..."Thanatopsis" incorporates some motifs and images from this tradition in its opening admonition to the reader: When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. . . . (1:17) Such "sad images," of...

...Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over the spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud,...house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around— Earth and her...

...routine. While I fasten her hat strings under her chin, I recite, by way of explanation: When thoughts And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. As we work, the breezes wash us...