 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1867 - 864 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the mansions of the eternal... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1867 - 776 pages
...in the delirium that preceded death was : " Tell Major Hawks to send forward provisions to the men. Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." And thus passed over the dark river and into eternal rest, the spirit of the great man, whose exploits... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1867 - 894 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the mansions of the eternal... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1867 - 618 pages
...Then his martial ardor disappeared, a smile diffused itself over his pale features, and he murmured : "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees ! " It was the river of death he was about to pass ; and soon after uttering these words, he expired.... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1869 - 558 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so, with these beautiful, typical words trembling on his lips, the soul of the great soldier, taxed... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1869 - 550 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so, with these beautiful, typical words trembling on his lips, the soul of the great soldier, taxed... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 666 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and ho said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, ' Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ;' and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it." HUNTER... | |
 | 1872 - 848 pages
...action!" A minute afterward, and with a strange light breaking upon his countenance, he said, very gently: "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And so his spirit passed away, as at the end of a weary march, and in the prospect of repose. Another beautiful... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 660 pages
...where their chieftain slept In dreams he welcomes the angel guest, And the land of promise sees ; " Let us cross over the river and rest Under the shade of the trees !" Oh ! sorrowful night to that weary host I For the warriors knew full well That the brightest hope... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1869 - 36 pages
...labours and permitted him in vision beatific, ere death had set the final seal upon his brow, " to cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." * An impartial and attentive observer cannot fail to discover evidence, in what has been accomplished... | |
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Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees... 
