 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
 | London readers - 1878 - 296 Seiten
...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...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 will... | |
 | 1878 - 298 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 ! Have gathered you, as gathercth a hen Her brood beneath her wings, — but ye would not ! " He thought... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 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...father ! ' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! 12. " The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; And... | |
 | James Ridgway (B.D.) - 1878 - 214 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' 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 Kirton - 1878 - 292 Seiten
...am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thec : 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 these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! ' ' But death is on thee. I shall hear the gush Of music,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 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 ! ' from these dumb And cold lips, Absalom ! 12. " The grave hath won thee. I shall hear the gush Of music, and the voices of the young ; And... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 Seiten
...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 those dumb And cold lips, Absalom! " But death is on thee! I shall hear the gush Of music, and the... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 Seiten
...am chill, as to my b6som I have tried to press thee ! How was I wont to fe'el my pulses thrill like a rich harpstring, yearning to caress thee, and he'ar thy swee't "My father!" from those dfimb and c61d lips, Absalom! A discriminating use of the tremor imparts to delivery a rapturous... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 348 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 harpstring, yearning to caress thee, and hear thy sweet ' My father!' from those dumb and cold lips, Absalom ' " But death is on thee ! I shall hear the gush of music, and the... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 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!' from those dumb And cold lips, Absalom! 6. " The grave hath won thee! I shall hear the gush Of music, and... | |
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