 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
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 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 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...that overspread 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...the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scent from all thy mighty range Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 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. _5. Go ; but the circle of eternal change, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 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...change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go — hut OD faded leaf! it seems to be But ач of yesterday....tree In all the pride of May: Then t 'was the merry odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 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...change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And,... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 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...change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And,... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 310 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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 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...range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; * This stanza Is not Included In the editions of Mr. Bryant's Poems. It appeared in "The Poets of... | |
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