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" Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth... "
The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 22
by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 84 pages
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 2

1821 - 502 pages
...thee, Friend of my better days ! i None knew thee, but to love thee, Nor named thee, but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...weep ; And long, where thou art lying, Will tears thy cold turf steep. When hearts, whose home was Heaven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should...
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Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems, Issue 2

Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1827 - 76 pages
...above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, 30 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE, And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

1829 - 742 pages
...thee but to love thee, None nam'd thee but to praise." ****** '' When hearts whose home was heaven. Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth." ****** '- It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, But I've in vain essayed it, And feel...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2

1835 - 842 pages
...above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, ]NTor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...steep. When hearts whose truth was proven, Like thine arc laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. And I, who woke each...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 19

Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 pages
...above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. " Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, Then should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. " And I, who woke each morrow To clasp...
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Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems

Alnwick Castle, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 pages
...summer dust, Burn to the socket. 11 GREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! WoRDsWORTH. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid hi earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, And I, who woke each morrow...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 19

Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 pages
...above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. " Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lymg, Will tears the cold turf steep. " When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in...
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The American Common-place Book of Poetry, with Occasional Notes

1839 - 430 pages
...above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused...thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woveu To tell the world their worth. And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared...
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The Religious Cabinet, Volume 1

1842 - 820 pages
...:• commemorate this apostolic man.* " When hearts whose home is heaven, Like thine, are culled from earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the...To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared thy joy and lorrow, Whos« weal or wo was thine, — " U should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, And...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...tributary poem published soon after his death, in the " New York Review," with the following stanzas — When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are...wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. And 1, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared thy joy and sorrow, Whose weal and wo...
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