 Strong the earthy odour grows — I smell the mould above the rose ! Welcome Life ! the Spirit strives ! Strength returns and hope revives ; Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the morn, — O'er the earth there comes a bloom ; Sunny light...  The St. James's Magazine - Page 4711867Full view - About this book
 | Marshall Mather - 1892 - 190 pages
...decease, and to morrow of recovery, he penned the following lines, the last product of his genius : ' Farewell, life ! my senses swim ; And the world is...Colder, colder, colder still, — Upwards steals a vapour's chill — Strong the earthly odour grows — I smell the Mould above the Rose ! ' Welcome,... | |
 | 1894 - 484 pages
...writing when able, and it was at this time the following touching verses appeared in Our Family : " Farewell life ! my senses swim ; And the world is...advent of the night — Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapour chill — Strong the earthly odour grows — I smell the mould above the rose... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 388 pages
...Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! STANZAS FAREWELL, Life ! my senses swim, And the world is...advent of the night ; Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor chill ; Strong the earthy odor grows — I smell the mould above the rose ! Welcome,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 468 pages
...ignorance. But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. STANZAS FAREWELL, Life ! my senses swim, And the world is...advent of the night. Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor chill; Strong the earthy odor grows — I smell the mold above the rose! Welcome,... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 pages
...was twenty-one ! William Makepeace Thackeray. 197 NIGHT AND MORNING (Stanzas written in Sickness.) FAREWELL Life ! my senses swim, And the world is growing...advent of the night— Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapour chill ; Strong the earthy odour grows— I smell the mould above the rose !... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 548 pages
...last poem by Hood is the following, composed a few weeks before his death : FAREWELL AND HAIL TO LIFE. Farewell, life ! my senses swim, And the world is...advent of the night ; Colder, colder, colder still Upward steals a vapor chill ; Strong the earthy odor grows : — I feel the mould above the rose. Welcome... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 610 pages
...last poem by Hood is the following, composed a few weeks before his death : FAREWELL AND HAIL TO LIFE. Farewell, life ! my senses swim, And the world is growing dim : Thronging shadows cloud the light, I/ike the advent of the night ; Colder, colder, colder still Upward steals a vapor chill ; Strong the... | |
 | 1898 - 354 pages
...all we need In-side. HOJLUJEY. T'**. GEO. HEWS. v)74 THOMAS HOOD, Farewell Life I Welcome Life I 1 FAREWELL life ! My senses swim, And the world is growing dim : Thronging shadows clond the light, Like the advent of the night — 2 Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 546 pages
...last poem by Hood is the following, composed a few weeks before his death : FAREWELL AND HAIL TO LIFE. Farewell, life ! my senses swim, And the world is...advent of the night ; Colder, colder, colder still Upward steals a vapor chill ; Strong the earthy odor grows :— I feel the mould above the rose. Welcome... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " TIIOJIAS HewnLIFE. pAREWELL Life ! my senses swim, f ® And the world is growing dim ; Thronging shadows cloud...advent of the night ; Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor chill ; Strong the earthy odor grows — I smell the mould above the rose 1 Welcome... | |
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