 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
 | 1883 - 440 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 eirele of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to burning brow. Go; but the circle of eternal change,...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore, And, listening... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1884 - 44 pages
...more deep; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, 80 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... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - American poetry - 1885 - 444 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. P Go — but the circle of eternal change, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...grows more deep; And they who stand about thu sick muii's hed 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1887 - 232 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...mighty range, Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore; And,... | |
 | Richard Rhodes - American poetry - 1887 - 426 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, That is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1888 - 490 pages
...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, Which is...mighty range, Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more,Sweet odours of the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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