 Tis hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee ; And thy dark sin — oh ! I could drink the cup If from this woe its bitterness had won thee. May God have called thee, like a wanderer, home, My lost boy, Absalom...  Melanie and Other Poems - 184 ページNathaniel Parker Willis 著 - 1835 - 231 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 ページ
...broken, How will its love for thee, as I depart, Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token] It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Absalom ! 10 " And now, farewell ! 'Tis hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee :... | |
 | 1839 - 430 ページ
...to the soft winds flung;— But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shall come To meet me, Absalom! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To...thee, Absalom! " And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give then up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee:— And thy dark sin!—Oh! I could drink the... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1839 - 898 ページ
...his heart, with manly and dignified resig^ nation he endured it. • T V .• • CHAPTER XI. " -- Tis hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee : • • • • He covered up his face, and bowed himself A moment on the child ; then giving her... | |
 | Henry Bacon - 1840 - 228 ページ
...But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shall come To meet me, Absalom ! And now, farewell ! JT is hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle...sin ! — Oh ! I could drink the cup, If from this wee its bitterness had won thee. May God have called thee, like a wanderer, home, My erring Absalom... | |
 | Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1840 - 206 ページ
...manly and dignified resignation he endured it. i -• • » THE COUSIN. 91 CHAPTER XI. " • — — 'Tis hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumber on Ihee : * + * * * He covered up his face, and bowed himsulf A moment on the child.; then giving her... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1841 - 418 ページ
...blush, And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung ; — But thou no more, with thy sweet voice, shalt come To meet me, Absalom ! "And, oh ! when I am stricken,...thee, Absalom ! " And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give then up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee :— And thy dark sin ! — Oh ! I could drink... | |
 | Sullivan Hardy Weston - 1841 - 52 ページ
...pity, enhancing sorrow, derision, mirth, joy, exultation, scorn, and distress. EXAMPLE 1.—Sorrow. And now, farewell! "Tis hard to give thee up, With...the cup, If from this wo its bitterness had won thee ! Hay God have called thee like a wanderer home, My erring Absalom. 4. The tremor may be heard on the... | |
 | 1830 - 494 ページ
...broken, How will its love for thee, as I depart, Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token ! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Absalom ! " And now, farewell ! 't is hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumber on thee ! And thy dark sin ! —... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 ページ
...broken, How will its love for thee, as I depart, Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token ! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To...gentle slumber on thee :— And thy dark sin ! — Oh ! 1 could drink the cup, If from this wo its bitterness had won thee. May God have called thee, like... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 ページ
...will its love for thee, as I depart, To meet me, Absalom! " And, oh! when I am stricken, and my heart, To see thee, Absalom! " And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give thee up, Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, If... | |
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