His voice — his face — is gone ; " To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless I felt this sleep ensure That it will not be so. The Quarterly Review - Page 3271818Full view - About this book
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...gentleness — The tears are in their bod. Ah ! firstborn of thy mother, When life and hopo were now, An hand in hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold theo round. To eay " Ho has departed" — " His... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah ! firstborn ed Great objects on his mind, wilh portraiture And...substances, and almost seem'd To haunt the bodily sense. He To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on : Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe,... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness— The tears are in their bed. Ah ! first-born ie, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but...of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics departed1 — ' His voice ' — ' his face ' — ' is gone ; ' To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were new ; Kind...light, where'er I go ; My bird, when prison-bound ; My hand- in -hand companion — ISTo, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has departed " —... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life and hope were new ; Kind...prison-bound ; My hand-in-hand companion — No, My prayei-s shall hold thee round. To say, ' ' He has departed " — " His voice " — " his face " —... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, "When life and hope were new ; Kind...His voice " — " his face " — is gone, To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on — Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless... | |
| Laurel - 1879 - 438 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother ! When life and hope were new, Kind..." His voice"—" his face"—" is gone ;" To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...These, these are things that may demand Dread memories for years. Sorrows I Ve had, severe ones, 1 nity. Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation...midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom " lie has departed" — " His voice " — " his face " — is gone, To feel impatient-hearted, Yet... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born 4 gon«, To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on — Ah, I could not endure To whisper of... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...cannot bear tho gentleness, — The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, When life aud their hapless prey, And savage men, more murd'rous...whirls the mad tornado flics, Mingling the ravaged — " Ho has departed " — " His voice — his face — is gone !" To feel impatient-hearted, Yet... | |
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