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 247by Forest Hill - 1846Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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