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 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath — Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...stroke — Come in consumption's ghastly form — The earthquake shock — the ocean storm — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath — Come when the blessed seals That dose the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke — Come in consumption's ghastly... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...in death, his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers— at set of sun. Come lo the bridal chamber,— Death ! Come to the mother— when she feels, For the first lime, her first-born's breath ; Come — when the blessed seals, That close the pestilence, are broke,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...broke. Ami crowded cities— wail its stroke; Como — in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm: Come, when the heart beats high, and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wineAnil liiou an terrible! ilie tear, The groun, the knell, the pall,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...she feels, Foi th** first time, her first-horn's breath; Come — when the blessed seals. Thatwlofie the pestilence, are broke, And crowded cities— wail its stroke ; Come— in ennsuinpt:on*s glmatly form, Th'- riiri!niuuki- shuck, nVocenn norm; Com*1, wli.-n the heart bruin... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. 4. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother, when she feela For the first time her first-born's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, death ! Come to the mother...its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. 5. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake's shock, the ocean's storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine ; And... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Literary Criticism - 1847 - 308 pages
...night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke ; — Come in Consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine,— And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
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