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" And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the tones of an unstrung lute, And though the glow from her cheek be fled, And her pale lips cold as the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires With... "
Forest Hill - Page 247
by Forest Hill - 1846
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Clio, Volumes 1-2

James Gates Percival - 1822 - 262 pages
...his eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...saint's desires, And her last fond, lingering look is giv'n To the love she leaves, and then to heav'n, As if she would bear that love away To a purer world...
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Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals, Volume 1

1822 - 272 pages
...his eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks his nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...though the glow from her cheek be fled, And her pale lip cold as the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires With a woman's love, and a saint's...
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The North American Review, Volume 16

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1823 - 470 pages
...his eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...saint's desires, And her last fond, lingering look is giv'n To the love she leaves, and then to heav'n, As if she would bear that love away To a purer world...
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Specimens of American Poetry: With Critical and Biographical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 pages
...his mother's breast. Or faint as the tones of an unstrung lute, And though her dying voice be mute, And though the glow from her cheek be fled, And her pale lips cold as the marble dead, With a woman's love and a saint's desires, Her eye still beams unwonted fires And her last fond, lingering...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century

Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...his eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...unstrung lute, And though the glow from her cheek be tied, And her pale lips cold as the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires With a woman's...
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Selections from the American Poets: With Some Introductory Remarks

1834 - 402 pages
...his eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to his mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires And her last fond, lingering look is given To the love she leaves, and then to heaven, As if she would...
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Selections from the American Poets: With Some Introductory Remarks

1834 - 406 pages
...the faleon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to his mother's breast. And though her dying voiee be mute, Or faint as the tones of an unstrung lute, And though the glow from her eheek be fled, And her pale lips eold as the marble dead , Her eye still beams unwonted fires With...
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The Young Lady's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the ...

Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...eyes ; And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrieks in its mother's breast — And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the tones of an unstrung lute, And though the glow of her cheek be fled, And her pale lips cold as the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires...
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The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose ...

Ebenezer Bailey - 1840 - 426 pages
...eyes, And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast » And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...lute, And though the glow from her cheek be fled, 4nd her pale lips cold as the marble dead, Her eye still beams unwonted fires, With a woman's love...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...eyes ; And the dove from the falcon seeks her nest, And the infant shrinks to its mother's breast. And though her dying voice be mute, Or faint as the...as the marble dead, Her eye .still beams unwonted firea, With a woman's love, and a saint's desires, And her last, fond, lingering look is given To the...
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