 LIFE. DAY dawned : — Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed : — A Child had seen the light; But for the lady, fair and bright, She rested in undreaming night. Spring rose :— The lady's...  Fresh Leaves - Page 160by Fanny Fern - 1857 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
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...for change; And Death, whenever he comes to me, Shall come on the wild, unbounded HISTORY OF A LIFE. DAY dawned: — within a curtained room, Filled to...faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed; — a child had seen the light; But, for the lady fair and bright, She rested in undreaming... | |
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...holier sound, And the faces we look for, Again may be found ! THE HISTORY OF A LIFE. BARRY CORNWALL. DAY dawned. Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay, at point of doom. Day closed. A child had seen the light. But for the lady fair and bright — She rested in undreaming... | |
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...a rhyme and a short-lived name, And to mix with the common mould ! XIII.— THE HISTORY OP A LIFE. DAY dawned : — Within a curtained room, Filled to...faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed : — A Child had seen the light ; But for the lady, fair and bright, She rested in undreaming... | |
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...rhyme and a short-lived name, And to mix with the common mould ! XIII.— THE. HISTORY OF A LIFE. DAT dawned : — Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A. lady lay at point of doom. Day closed : — A Child had seen the light ; But for the lady, fair and bright, She rested in undreaming... | |
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...But the deepest sob of anguish gives — " God bless thee, boy ! good by ! " THE HISTORY OF LIFE. DAT dawned. Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed. A child has seen the light, But for the lady fair and bright, She rested in undreaming... | |
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...anguish gives — " God bless thee, boy ! good by ! " 252 THE HISTORY OF LIFE. THE HISTORY OF LIFE. DAY dawned. Within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed. A child has seen the light, But for the lady fair and bright, She rested in undreaming... | |
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