 | Emma Sheppard - Charity - 1809 - 104 pages
...mournful pity for these " unfortunates ? " THE BRIDGE OF SIGHR " Drown'd I drown'd ! " — HAMLCT. ONE more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair 1 Look at her garments, Clinging like cerements ; Whilst... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...brink of it! Picture it — think of it! Dissolute man! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly — Lift her with care ! Fashioned so slenderly — Young and so fair I Ere her limbs frigidly, Stiffen too rigidly. Decently, kindly, Smooth and compose them; And her eyes,... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...of tear : — perfect purity — this crystallized "One more unfortunate, Wenry of breath, itashly importunate, Gone to her death ! " Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; FnShion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! " Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 302 pages
...This sudden movement awoke me, and I found it, alas ! but a dream. ROSINA. EDITOKI AL. THE SUICIDE. One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death ! Perishing gloomily, Take her up tenderly, Lilt her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...appeased my conscience, and absolved my soul. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS, " Drowned ! drowned ["—HAMLET. ONE more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements ; Whilst... | |
 | George Williams Fulcher - Poor laws - 1845 - 234 pages
...deeds ; — to warn and save Youth, in its wild career, from guilt's untimely grave. THE SUICIDE. " One more unfortunate weary of breath, Rashly importunate...her death, Take her up tenderly, lift her with care, Fashion'd so slenderly, young and so fair." Struggling with desp'rate plunge to reach The sea-weed... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...appeased my conscience, and absolved my soul. [HE BRIDGE OF SIGHS " Drowned ! drowned !"— HAMLET. ONE more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death J Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ;Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...you hear the endearing expression, My Mother ! THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. " Drowned ! drowned !"—Hamlet. One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements, Whilst... | |
 | University magazine - 1846 - 780 pages
...beautify our pages by enshrining in them this gem of perfect purity — this crystallized tear : — " One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate....death ! " Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair I " Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...brink of it : Picture it, think of it, Dissolute man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care : Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Bre her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, kindly, Smooth and compose them ; And her eyes,... | |
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Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing,— Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; ' Not of the stains of her— All... 
