... on thy weary head, Could from our best of duties ever shrink ? Sooner the sun from his high sphere should sink Than we, ungrateful, leave thee in that day, To pine in solitude thy life away, Or shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish... The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - Página 193por Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 221 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 páginas
...thine my life's last ray Will fade in loneliness, unwept, away. 108 YES, 'twill be over soon. — This sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish...wearied spirit will redeem From this wild region of unvary'd pain. Yon brook will glide as softly as before, — Yon landscape smile, — yon golden-harvest... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 páginas
...thine my life's last ray Will fade in loneliness, unwept, away. 108 YES, 'twill be over soon. — This sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish...wearied spirit will redeem From this wild region of unvary'd pain. Yon brook will glide as softly as before, — Yon landscape smile, — yon golden harvest... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1808 - 358 páginas
...silent tomb. Like thee I wane;—like thine my life's last ray Will fade in loneliness, unwept, away. YES, 'twill be over soon.—This sickly dream Of life...brain; And death my wearied spirit will redeem From IhU wild region of unvary'd pain. Yon brook will glide as softly as before,— Yon landscape smile,—yon... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 páginas
...shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought — where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, Still...assuage, And smooth the pillow of thy sinking age. Ill YES, 'twill be over soon. — This sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish brain ; And... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1813 - 338 páginas
...shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought!—where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, Still...us all thy griefs assuage, And smooth the pillow of thysinking age, YES, 'twill be over soon.—.This sickly dream , Of life will vanish from my feverish... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 730 páginas
...shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought ! — where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, .'• Still will fond memory point our hearts to theet And paint the pleasures of thy peaceful home ; While duty bids us all thy griefs assuage, And... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 336 páginas
...thee, totterteg on the grave's cold brink. • Banish the thought !— where'er orir steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, ';"'•• Still will fond memory point oar hearts to thee, ' ^ And paint the pleasures of thy peaceful home ; While duty bids us all thy griefs... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 336 páginas
...shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought ! — where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, Still...assuage, And smooth the pillow of thy sinking age. YES, 'twill be over soon. — This sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish brain ; And death... | |
| 1818 - 896 páginas
...thee my life'« last ray Will fade in loneliness unwept away. — — Yes, 'twill be over soon ; this sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish brain ; And death my weary spirit shall redeem From this wild region of unvaried pain. Yon brook will glide as swiftly as... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1823 - 422 páginas
...shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought ! — where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, Still...home ; While duty bids us all thy griefs assuage, 182 YES, 'twill be over soon. — • This sickly dream Of life will vanish from my feverish brain;... | |
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