 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 941894Full view - About this book
 | Augustus White Long - American Poetry (Collections) - 1905 - 382 pages
...burning brow. Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of Nature, shall restore, 30 With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range,...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,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1907 - 348 pages
...distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. 40 Go—but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and sense from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more; Sweet odors in the sea-air,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - American poetry - 1905 - 354 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 to his burning brow. 40 Go— but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American poetry - 1906 - 548 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,... | |
 | Katherine Devereux Blake, Georgia Alexander - Children's poetry - 1906 - 104 pages
...deep ; NIGHT 59 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, 5 Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee... | |
 | Horace Hall Cummings - Nature study - 1909 - 236 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 - 1911 - 280 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, 30 And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range 35 Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American poetry - 1912 - 702 pages
...more deep; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, 30 And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, 35 Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore, And,... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - Authors, American - 1921 - 436 pages
...waters pass, And 'tvjixt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. The conclusion is admirable — Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...birth-place of the deep once more ; Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore, And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...grows more deep; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen 10 thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. 4° Go — but the circle of eiernal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore. With sounds... | |
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