 The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep: And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen...  The Western Monthly Review - Page 555edited by - 1830Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...thou shall kiss the child asleep, And dry the moisten'd curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about...Go ! but the circle of eternal change, That is the lift! of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to the birth... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep: And they who stand about...burning brow. Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pages
...lion shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry tbe moisten'd curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about...burning brow. ' Go; but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep; And they who stand about...man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, Thy visit, grateful to his burning b'row. And softly part his curtains to allow Go—but the circle... | |
 | 1832 - 868 pages
...thou shall kiss the child asleeu And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep •. And they who stand...man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, A nd softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go ; but the circle... | |
 | 1832 - 952 pages
...child asleep, And dry the moistened curls tbat overspread His temples, while his breathing; grows mure deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to the distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to hie burning brow. Go... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about...to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow." Such passages need no comment. The " Forest Hymn " is conceived in a peculiarly grave tone. As we read... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...overspread The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, His temples, while his breathing grows more deep; And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit,... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...that overspread Hi- temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about the siek man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his eurtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. Go— but the eirele of eternal ehange,... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...thou shalt kiss the child asleep. And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about...— but the circle of eternal change, That is the Ufe of nature, shall restore, With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birth-place... | |
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