 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...  Annual Report - Page 981894Full view - About this book
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...grows more deep; And they who 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...Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...more deep ; And they who 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...burning brow. Go — but the circle of eternal change, i That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 534 pages
...more deep ; And they who 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...burning brow. Go — but the circle of eternal change, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 522 pages
...more deep : And they who 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. Go—but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1847 - 390 pages
...more deep : And they who 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...change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With solinds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet... | |
 | Sarah C. Carter - American poetry - 1850 - 144 pages
...more deep ; [bed, And they who stand about the sick man's Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...burning brow. Go, — but the circle of eternal change, Thee to thy birth-place of the mighty deep once more ; Sweet odors in the sen-air sweet and strange,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1851 - 380 pages
...more deep : And they who 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...Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | American literature - 1918 - 798 pages
...hw burning brow. Go — but the circle of eternal change. Which i- the life of nature, shall mtforv. With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range,...Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And. li.-ii... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...grows more deep; And they who 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...restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty lange Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...more deep ; And they who 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'\ tt~ Go— but the circle of eternal change, ~ ; That is the life of Nature, shall restore, With sounds... | |
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