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
 | 1835 - 430 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 Ufe of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to... | |
 | 1835 - 430 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 Ufe of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 290 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... | |
 | 1836 - 282 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, Theo to... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 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...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... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 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 denial change, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty... | |
 | 1837 - 788 pages
...waters pass, wînrf 'twill the overshadowing branches and the grass. The conclusion is admirable — Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birth-place of (be deep once more; Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and strange, Khali tfll tin lionte-.tick mariner... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 336 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...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... | |
 | Mary Roberts - Creation - 1837 - 338 pages
...his burning brow. Emblem of one who owns no earthly change, Whose hand in all things seen shall soon restore, 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... | |
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