Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. Choice Specimens of American Literature - Página 192de Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 223 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 196 páginas
...perceptible even in a poem so full of brilliancy and spirit as the "Health" of Edward Coate Pinkney: — I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone,...stars have given A form so fair that, like the air 'T is less of earth than heaven. . Her every tone is music's own, Like those of morning birds, And... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 páginas
...as mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon. Her health! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might he all poetry,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 páginas
...mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon. Her health ! and would on earth there stood Some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| 1876 - 508 páginas
...mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon. Her health ! and would on earth there stood Some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 páginas
...her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh "Will not be life's, but hers. I flll'd this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood, Some more of such a frame, That life might be all... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 páginas
...mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon, — Her health ! and would on earth there stood Some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 páginas
...the female's praise Find equal love, and love's untainted sweets Enjoy with honour ! JOHN PHILIPS. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone,...that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven. EDWARD C. PINKNF.Y : A Health. And yet, believe me, good as well as ill, Woman's at best a contradiction... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 páginas
...thy voice. ANAOEIOH. (Greek.) Translation of WILLIAM HAT. A HEALTH. I FILL this cup to one made op Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The...stars have given A form so fair, that, like the air, 'T is less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is mnsic's own, Like those of morning birds, And something... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 páginas
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| George Danielson Carroll - 1879 - 150 páginas
...intimate friends were present, many of whom witnessed the marriage ceremony of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. A Health. " I FILL this cup to one made up of loveliness...that, like the air, 'tis less of earth than Heaven." Silver Wedding. MR. CHARLES CROCKER, one of the wealthiest men of California, the land of colossal... | |
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