 Alas! my noble boy, that thou shouldst die! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair! That death should settle in thy glorious eye. And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom!  Melanie and Other Poems - Seite 183von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 231 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1827 - 112 Seiten
...tomb, My proud boy, Absalom! ' Cold is thy brow, my son! and I am chill When to my bosom I would try to press thee; How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp string, yearning to caress thee, And hear thy sweet "My Father!" from these dumb And cold lips,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 Seiten
...fair! That death 'should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy Absalom ! "Cold is thy brow, my sou ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 Seiten
...fair! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud...Absalom ! ' Cold is thy brow, my son! and I am chill How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp string, yearning to caress thee, When to... | |
 | 1829 - 436 Seiten
...tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! ' Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill When to my bosom I would try to press thee ; How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp string, yearning to caress thee, And hear thy sweet " My Father ! " from these dumb And cold lips,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 Seiten
...! ; That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud...chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. And hear thy sweet " my father" from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! "The grave hath won thee.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...eye, ' Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die! And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom! How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, ' Cold is thy brow, my son! and I am chill, As to my bosom... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 Seiten
...— That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud...tried to press thee — How was I wont to feel my pulse's thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thce ! And hear thy sweet ' my Father'... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 Seiten
...fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud...press thee. How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, And hear thy sweet " my father" from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee.... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 Seiten
...fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 7. " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1841 - 418 Seiten
...leave his stillness in this clustering hairHow could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud hoy Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thce How was 1 wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee . And... | |
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