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
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1827 - 112 ページ
...to be broken; How will its love for thee, as I depart, Long for thine ear to catch its dying 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—oh ! I... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 ページ
...tresses to the soft winds flung; But thou no more with thy sweet voice shall come To meet me, Absalom! 5. And now farewell! 'tis hard to give thee up, With...death so like a gentle slumber on thee, And thy dark sin—oh! I would drink the cup, If from this wo, its bitterness had spar'd thee;— May God have call'd... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 ページ
...depart, " And, oh ! when I am stricken, and my heart, Like a bruised reed, is waiting to be broken, It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Absalom! Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token! " And now, farewell! 'Tis hard to give thee up, With... | |
| 1829 - 436 ページ
...be broken ; How will its love for thee, as I depart, Long for thine ear to catch its dying token ! It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To...this wo its bitterness had won thee — May God have call'd thee like a wanderer home, My erring Absalom ! " He cover'd up his face, and bow'd himself A... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 ページ
...dying token! 'And oh ! when I am stricken, and my heart Like a bruised reed is waiting to be broken; It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Absalom ! If from this wo its bitterness had won thee— May God have call'd thee like a wanderer home, My... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 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 !... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 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!—Oh!... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 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...wo its bitterness had won thee ! — May God have call'd thee like a wanderer home, My erring Absalom !" He cover'd up his face, and bow'd himself A... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 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... | |
| 1838 - 348 ページ
...token I It were so sweet, amid death's gathering gloom, To see thee, Ahsalom l " And now, farewell I 'Tis hard to give thee up, With death so like a gentle slumher on thee.— May God have called the*, like a wanderer, home, My erring Ahsalom ! He cover'd... | |
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