Come to the bridal chamber, death ! Come to the mother when she feels For the first time her firstborn's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke... Time's Telescope - Page 3231830Full view - About this book
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1851 - 252 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That elose the pestilence are 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 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... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 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... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 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,...stroke : — Come in Consumption's ghastly form, The earthqnake shock, the ocean storm ;— Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...; 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 w'arm With banquet-song, and... | |
| Jesse Olney - Readers - 1854 - 352 pages
...in death his eyelids close, .-r• * Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. 4. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother,...stroke;— Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, me ocean storm;— Come when the heart beats high and warm With banquet-song, and... | |
| Conrad Hume Pinches - Elocution - 1854 - 460 pages
...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 Which close the...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... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...mother's, when she feels, For the flrst time, her firstborn's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...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... | |
| Elocution - 1854 - 576 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... | |
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