 | 1927 - 280 sivua
...lengthy poem, but I cannot refrain from quoting two stanzas : By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side of Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave; But no man built that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er; For the angels of God upturned the sod And... | |
 | 1875 - 422 sivua
...plan to learn poetry? Can you tell me who wrote that poem on " The Burial of Moses," beginning: ** By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave ; In a vale in the land of Moal), There lies a lonely grave? " Yours respectfully, MINNIE THOKAS. The expression, "can't see it,"... | |
 | Gerald Brenan - 1979 - 278 sivua
...visitor at my grandmother's house. They began on a rather low and plaintive note: _ .r . , , . By New $ lonely mountain On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land ofMoab There lies a lonely grave. f Then one climbed up to the lines — What though the bald old eagle... | |
 | W. Herschel Ford - 1983 - 340 sivua
...don't know where Moses was buried, but the poet pictures his funeral and resting place in these words: By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave,...vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave; But no man dug that sepulcher, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1984 - 1078 sivua
...archbishop of Armagh. The poem begins: "By Nebo's lonely mountain, / On this side Jordan's wave, / la a vale in the land of Moab, / There lies a lonely grave; / But no man built that sepulchre, / And no man saw it e'er; / For the angels of God upturned the sod... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 1985 - 332 sivua
...husband these lines which are still considered classic today: By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side of Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave. But no man built that sepulchre, and no man saw it e'er; For the angels of God upturned the sod, and... | |
 | Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - 1990 - 438 sivua
...over against Bethpeor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." Deut. xxxiv.6. By Nebo a lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a...land of Moab There lies a lonely grave. And no man dug that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er; For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead... | |
 | Melba Joyce Boyd - 1994 - 268 sivua
...lonely mountain On this side Jordan 's wave, In a vale in the land ofMoab There lies a lonely grave. And no man saw it e'er; For the angels of God upturned the soil, And laid the dead man there. In 'The Death of Moses," Harper relays: Oh never on that mountain... | |
 | Seamus Deane, Andrew Carpenter, Angela Bourke, Jonathan Williams - 1991 - 1548 sivua
...of Moab over against Beth-peor, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.' Deuteronomy 34:6 By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave...man saw it e'er. For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever passed on earth; But no man... | |
 | Mark Twain - 2002 - 564 sivua
...Moses," by Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-95), wife of the archbishop of Armagh. The poem begins: "By Nebo's lonely mountain, / On this side Jordan's...in the land of Moab, / There lies a lonely grave; / But no man built that sepulchre, / And no man saw it e'er; / For the angels of God upturned the sod... | |
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BY Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there. 
