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
| Live - 1855 - 168 Seiten
...first-born !" " Sail on, thou lone, imperial bird, Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing." Mellen. " Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom!"—Willis. 11. Interrogation... | |
| 1866 - 234 Seiten
...first-born I" Milton. " Sail on, thou lone, imperial bird, Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing." Mellen. "Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...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... | |
| 1856 - 366 Seiten
...first-born 1" Milton. " Sail on, thou lone, imperial bird, Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing." Mellen. "Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...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... | |
| 1853 - 236 Seiten
...first-born I" Milton. " Sail on, thou lone, imperial bird, Of quenchless eye, and tireless wing." Mellen. "Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! " — Willis. / 11. Interrogation... | |
| 1857 - 452 Seiten
...boy ! that thou should'st die, Thou who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle on thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this...mark thee for the silent tomb My proud boy Absalom 1 " Cold is thy brow my son ! and I am chill As to my bosom I have tried to press thee — How was... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 Seiten
...child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : 2. (pi.) " Alas ! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die! Thou,...mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 3. " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee ! How was... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 Seiten
...upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of wo : Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, "Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 Seiten
...him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe. PAET VI. 9. " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thbu shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully...mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! 10. " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee ! How... | |
| Charles Baker - 1860 - 432 Seiten
...features of his child, He bow'd his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe. " Alas, my noble boy ! that thou should'st die ! Thou,...settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in thy clustering hair. How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy Absalom ! " Cold is thy... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1860 - 372 Seiten
...features of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe. 9. That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! " Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die I Thon, who wert made so beautifully fair! How could he... | |
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