 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 958 pages
...grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, * sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...grows more d««p; And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grat«ful to his burning brew, ' « Which is the life of nature, shall restore^ With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Go;—but the circle of eternal change, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore; And, listening... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 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...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore; And,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1872 - 360 pages
...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...thy mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep onco more ; Sweet odors in the sea air. sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 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 - 1873 - 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...burning brow. Go— but the circle of eternal change, With sounds and scento from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet... | |
 | 1869 - 468 pages
...And they who stand abont the aick mm'a bed Shall joy to listen to thy dUtant sweep, And softly p.irt his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go, but the cirele of eternal eliange, That is the life of nature, shall restore With soun 1 and seents from all... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 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,... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 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 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 James Linton - African Americans - 1878 - 468 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... | |
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