Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; Come when the heart beats high and warm With banquet song, and dance, and wine: And thou art terrible — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or... The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ... - Seite 157von Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 Seiten
...when she feels For the first time her first horn's breath; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath; Come when the blessed seals, Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...storm;— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible: the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
| 1832 - 324 Seiten
...terrors ;' come as he will, we may well say to him, in the words of our gifted countryman, Halleck, — ' Thou art terrible ; the tear, The groan, the knell,...all we know or dream or fear Of agony, are thine.' There is something inconceivably awful in standing on the shore of time, and endeavouring in vain to... | |
| 1835 - 842 Seiten
...And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, tiie ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm,...all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. Granting, however, to Marco Bozzaris, the minor excellences we have pointed out, we should be doing... | |
| 1834 - 402 Seiten
...she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, — And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 Seiten
...when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine ; And thou art terrible — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 Seiten
...Come when the heart beats high and warm, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ;— With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear,...But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 Seiten
...when she feels For the first time her firstborn's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
| 1836 - 362 Seiten
...when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine; And thou are terrible— The tear, • The groan, the knell, the... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...she feels For the first time her first-born's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail...— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
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