 NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed...  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 440edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 458 pages
...as ready, s > I юг dar of youthful toil and labour could make us, i tie words of Montgomery, to " Stretch the tired limbs, And lay the head Upon our own delightful bed." There was an old woman who lived near the school, ei who lives there yet for aught I know. She was... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...proclaim. Bless him all Besh , all that hath breath. Praise ye the Lord's great came. NIGHT. [UONTUOMERY.] NIGHT is the time for rest : How sweet, when labours...repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth... | |
 | 1832 - 496 pages
...serious trifle in verse of his own composition, entitled the " Good Man's Rest," and which thus began — Night is the time for rest ; How sweet when labours close, To gather round nn achiug breast The curtain of repose. But the Council agreed that, if the above were, really, original,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy, or error dim, The glory of the Seraphim ? NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours...limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! I. Night is the time for d/f^ms., The gay romance of life ; » When truth that is and truth that... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...make it thine. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest : How sweet, when labors cloee, To gather round on aching breast The curtain of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams : The gay romance of life, When truth... | |
 | African Americans - 1837 - 268 pages
...weeping angel* hover round die tomb. LM Night. 1'. Night is the time Forrest — How sweet when labors close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose : Stretch our tir'd limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful -bed ! 2. Night is the time for dreams ;;... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours...The curtain of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and Jay the head Down on our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life,... | |
 | 1838 - 950 pages
...rite ? For thus the knelt, and, ere The summer-leaf had faded, pass'd to heaven. WORDSWORTH. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest; How sweet, when labours...aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tir'd limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams — The gay... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...tranquil bower, I sing this lady's song, and tell The vision of that morning hour. T. Moore. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching breast The curtains of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed. Night is... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round the aching breast, The curtain of repose : Stretch the tir'd limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful... | |
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