 Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried 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, Absalom...  Poems of Early and After Years - Seite 50von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 410 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 Seiten
...thrill. Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear thy sweet ' My father ! ' from those dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " But death is on thee...voices of the young ; And life will pass me in the mnnlling blush, And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung ; — But thou no more, with thy sweet... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee : How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear...My father ' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom 1 "The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gusli Of music, and the voices of the young ; And life... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1870 - 204 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee ; How was 1 wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear...my father ' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the'gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; And life... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 Seiten
...bosom I have tried 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!...hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shalt come To meet me, Absalom ! " And oh ! when I am stricken,... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1871 - 748 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee, How was I wont to feel my pulse's thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear...My father,' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; And life... | |
 | 1872 - 514 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caress thee, And hear...'my father! ' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; And life... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried 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 " 1'rom these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! "The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music,... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 Seiten
...press thee : How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning to caz'ess thee, And hear thy sweet 'My Father !' from these...the mantling blush, And the dark tresses to the soft wind flung ; But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shall come To meet me, Absalom ! " And oh ! when... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried 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 I ' from those dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee ! I shall hear the gush Of music,... | |
 | 1874 - 98 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried 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 a from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! « The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music,... | |
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