 Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest then ; Death should come Gently, to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes,...  Promenades Littéraires: 6. série - Page 70by Remy de Gourmont - 1926 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...wait in anxious grief Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest then ; Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly, and without pain; And... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...wait in anxious grief Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest then ; Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly, and without pain ; And... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1832 - 244 pages
...medicinal leaf, Nor the vexed ore a mineral of power, And they who love thee, wait in anxious grief — -Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossoms from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly and without pain, And... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly, and without pain; And we will trust in God to see thee yet again. Gently to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds, wandering through groves of bloom, I SAW the infant cherub—soft it lay, As it was wont, within its cradle, now Decked with sweet... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...wait in anxious grief, Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest then; Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like...thee, As light winds, wandering through groves of bloom, Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly, and without pain; And... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...wait in anxious grief Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest, then; Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes, calmly, and without pain, And... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flowers in literature - 1836 - 434 pages
...medicinal leaf, Nor the vexed ore a mineral of power, And they who loved thee wait in anxious grief — Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould like...thee, As light winds, wandering through groves of bloom, Detach the delicate blossoms from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly and without pain, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 286 pages
...wait in anxious grief Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest then ; Death should come Gently, to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes, calmly, and without pain ; And... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1837 - 430 pages
...in anxious grief, Till the slow plague shall bring the fatal hour. Glide softly to thy rest, then ; Death should come Gently, to one of gentle mould like thee, As light winds wandering through groves of bloom Detach the delicate blossom from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes, calmly, and without pain ; And... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1838 - 282 pages
...leaf, Nor the vexed ore a mineral of power ; And they who loved thee, wait in anxious grief— ****** Death should come Gently to one of gentle mould, like...thee, As light winds, wandering through groves of bloom, Detach the delicate blossoms from the tree. Close thy sweet eyes calmly and without pain, And... | |
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