When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony and shroud and pall And breathless darkness and the narrow house Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart... The Elements of Reading and Oratory - Page 183by Henry Mandeville - 1850 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, * This much admired poem was first published in 1817, in the North American Review. The following verses... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere ho is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour eome like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the...pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, • This nurh admired poem wss &rst published In 1817, in ilu- North A nerkM Rrvtew. Tto following... | |
| 1834 - 440 pages
...musings, with a mild Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts And gentle sympathy, that steals away Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Of the stern agony, and shroud and pall, Make thee to... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — • Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice... | |
| American poetry - 1836 - 268 pages
...darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice —... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of^the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit,...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice —... | |
| Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he isaware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart, — Go forth unto the open sky, and list To nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters,... | |
| American periodicals - 1837 - 594 pages
...fear of death ; that 1 When thoughts of the last bitter hour Come like a blight over our spirits, And the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make us to shudder, and grow sick at heart,' 18.37.] Thovglitt on Fvneruh. 231 we are best prepared to pay... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals a"way Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart, — Go forth unto the open sky, and list' To nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice —... | |
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