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 ! B Cold... Poems of Early and After Years - Seite 50von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 410 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Stephen Watkins Clark - 1851 - 204 Seiten
...his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth 70 In the resistless eloquence of wo ! — " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! 75 How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! (G-. us ) " Cold is thy brow,... | |
| William Harvey Wells - 1852 - 234 Seiten
...wing." — Metlen. " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou ehonldst die ! Thon, who wert made so beautifnlly fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye,...thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom." — Willis. 11. Interrogation is a figure by which a question is »sked for the purpose of expressing... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 344 Seiten
...of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : 1. " Alas ! my noble boy, that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...for the silent tomb, .- • My proud boy, Absalom 1 2. " Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 Seiten
...of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : 1. a Alas ! my noble boy, that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...And leave his stillness in this + clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, 2. " Cold is thy brow, my son, and I am chill, As to... | |
| Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 Seiten
...features of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : " Alas my noble boy ! that thou should'st die, Thou...made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle on thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair — How could he mark thee for... | |
| 1853 - 442 Seiten
...boy ! that thou should'st die, Thou who wort made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle on thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair — How could he mark thce for the silent tomb My proud boy Absalom " Cold is thy brow my son ! and I am chill As to my bosom... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 Seiten
...broke forth In the resistless eloquence of wo :— 6. " Alas ! my noble boy! that thou should'st die I Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair! That death...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... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 Seiten
...of his child. He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of wo : — " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ' Thou,...boy, Absalom ! Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am caill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee. How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich... | |
| Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 Seiten
...of his child, He bowed nis head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of wo ! — " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...this clustering hair. How could he mark thee for the silent,tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I... | |
| 1855 - 178 Seiten
...imperial bird, Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing." Mellen. " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldsfc die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! " — Willis. 11. Interrogation is a figure, by which a question is asked for the purpose of expressing... | |
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