Too early Death, led on by Care, May snatch save one dear lock away. Oh ! revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer, — For thou may'st live the hour forlorn When thou wilt ask to die with her. Pray for... The Athenaeum - Page 131832Full view - About this book
| Thomas W. Handford - Children's poetry - 1885 - 170 pages
...till thine own are cold. Press her lips the while they glow! Pray for her at eve and morn, That heaven may long the stroke defer— For thou may'st live...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn! BIRD'S NESTS. If ever I see, On bush or tree, THOMAS HOOD. Young birds in a pretty nest, I must not,... | |
| Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away. Oh, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer ; For thou may'st live the...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! THOMAS HOOD. LITTLE CHILDREN. f I THERE is music, there is sunshine. -L Where the little children... | |
| Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away Oh, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer, — For thou may'st live...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! — HOOD. '58 THE DEATH-BED. WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low,... | |
| George Boyle - American poetry - 1886 - 318 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away. Oh! revere her raven hair! Pray for her at eve and morn That Heaven may long the stroke defer, — For thou may'st live...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! THE DEATHBED. We watch' d her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Recitations - 1889 - 356 pages
...snatch, save one dear lock, away. Oh, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer ; For thou may'st live the...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! MOTHER, WATCH! ANONYMOUS. MOTHEE, watch the little feet Climbing o'er the garden-wall, Bounding through... | |
| Henry Coppée - Literature - 1895 - 552 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away Oh, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer ; For thou may'st live the...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! THOMAS HOOD. LITTLE CHILDREN. Г I 11 [ERE is music, there is sunshine, -*- Where the little children... | |
| Thomas Hood - Humorous poetry, English - 1897 - 682 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away. Oh, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer, — For thou mayst live...ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! STANZAS (FROM TYLNEY HALL) STILL glides the gentle streamlet on, ,- With shifting current new and... | |
| Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...snatch save one dear lock away. Oh, revere her raven hair 1 Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke defer ; For thou may'st live the hour forlorn When thou shalt ask to die with her. Pray for her at eve and morn ! THOMAS HOOD. A WOMAN'S FORGIVENESS. (From... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...Hi, revere her raven hair ! Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heaven may long the stroke deferFor for Henry of Navarre. Ho ! maidens of Vienna ; ho ! matrons of Lucerne ; Weep, weep, and rend your h ! TllllJIAS HOOD TO CHARLOTTE PULTENF.Y. TIMELY blossom, infant fair, Fondling of a happy pair, Every... | |
| Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1906 - 804 pages
...Oh ! revere her raven hair ! » Pray for her at eve and morn, That Heav'n may long the strokedefer, For thou mayst live the hour forlorn. When thou wilt...a view, And underneath gamboge and blue Informs us that T. pinxit. ANSWER TO PAUPER DON'T tell me of buds and blossoms, Or with rose and vi'let wheedle... | |
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