 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
 | American poetry - 1839 - 430 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. Go—but the circle of eternal change, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow TO THE EVENING WIND. Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...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... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 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. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3 9015 01182 0381 DO NOT REMOVE OR MUTILATE CARD 737,811 ... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...sighs in the accents of the winter's dirge. The Evening Wind ! But to borrow from our own Bryant : " Go, but the circle of eternal change, Which is the...Nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all their mighty range, Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more. Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 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. Go — but the cirele of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 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. Go—but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 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, TO A WATEEFOWL. • WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall foy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow." The poems of Whittier, full of burning thoughts, of Sprague, of Dana, probably the most original living... | |
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