 The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen...  Missionary reminiscences; or, Jamaica retraced - Page 18by Philip Henry Cornford - 1856 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
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...man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shall kiss the child asleep, And dry the moisten'd curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing...stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow,... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...o'ershadcnving branche« and the gras* ' The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thon shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while bis breathing grows more deep; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to... | |
 | England - 1832 - 868 pages
...grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee : thou shall kiss the child asleeu And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples,...stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, A nd softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow.... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; t lion shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry tbe moisten'd curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing...stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep. And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow.... | |
 | Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
...o'ershadowing branches and the grass. " The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shall kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls...His temples, while his breathing grows more deep." pp. 32. In closing, we feel the pressure of things still untouched. Not that we care to notice a faulty... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...child asleep, And dry the moistened curls tbat overspread His temples, while his breathing; grows mure deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to the distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to hie burning brow.... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...o'ershadowing branches and the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls...stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow."... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...overspread The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, His temples, while his breathing grows more deep; And softly part his curtains... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...flower, and darkling waters pass, The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls...stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow.... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...head To fcei thee ; thou shall kiss the ehild asleep, And dry the moistened eurls that overspread Hi- temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about the siek man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his eurtains to allow Thy... | |
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