 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
 | John Piersol McCaskey - American literature - 1897 - 592 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...circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shalF restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep... | |
 | Katharine Hamer Shute - 1899 - 248 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...birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 966 pages
...grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, and southward the beach-lines linger and curl As a silver-wrought mort»; Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore;... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 968 pages
...more deep ; And they who stand about tho sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, Ami softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go — but tho circle of eternal change, Which is the life of Nature, shall restore, With sounds and sccuts from... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 954 pages
...more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, A'iJ softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go — bnt the circle of eternal change, Which ¡a the life of Nature, shall restore, W"hh sounds and... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1901 - 966 pages
...grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, ed, hears The fearful doom repentance may not stay: And yet, iu death's last gasp — bnt the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of Nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 336 pages
...waters pass, And 'tivixt the o' ershadowing branches and the grass. The conclusion is admirable — Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, There to the birth-place of the deep once more ; S<weet odors in the sea air, s*weet and strange, Shall... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1903 - 600 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...birthplace of the deep once more. Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore; And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 738 pages
...waters pass, And 't'wixt the a 'er 'shadowing branches and the grass. The conclusion is admirable — Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, There to the birth-place of the deep once more ; Sweet odors in the tea air, sweet and strange, Shall... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1006 pages
...the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allowThy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go, — but the...birthplace of the deep once more. Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore; And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
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