 My listening angel heard the prayer, and, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered hair, thy hasty wish hath sped. " But is there nothing in thy track to bid thee fondly stay, While the swift seasons hurry back to find the wished-for day...  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Page 76by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1858 - 974 pages
...page, And dash its trophies down ! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame ! . I My listening angel heard the prayer, And calmly smiling, said, "If I but touch thy silvered hair,... | |
 | 1858 - 518 pages
...page, And dash its trophies down I One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love..." If I but touch thy silvered hair, Thy hasty wish had sped. " But is there nothing in thy track To bid thee fondly stay, While the swift seasons hurry... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1858 - 598 pages
...page, And dash its trophies down ! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame 1 Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love...heard the prayer, And calmly smiling, said, "If I bnt touch thy silvered hair, Thy hasty wish has sped. f- "But is there nothing in thy track. To bid... | |
 | 1858 - 1074 pages
...dash Its trophies down ! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhoods fjinit of tlamc ' Uive inc one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame [ —My listening ancx-1 heard the prayer. And ealnily smiling, mid, •• If I but touch thy lilrenxl hair, Thy hasty... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...wisdom-wiitten page, And dash its trophies down 1 One moment let my life-blood From boyhood's fount of flome 1 Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame 1 — My listening angel heard the prayo* And calmly smiling, said, "If I but touch thy silvered hair,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pages
...page, And dash its trophies down ! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame 1 — My listening angel heard the prayer, And, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 pages
...the spotty globe to find it ; — One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love...swift seasons hurry back To find the wished-for day 1 " — Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1866 - 484 pages
...stream From boyhood's fount of fame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and flame ! My listening angel heard the prayer, And, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered hair, Thy hastv wish hath sped. " But is there nothing in thy track To bid thee fondly stay, I While the swift... | |
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