 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1859 - 290 Seiten
...features of his child, He bow'd his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of wo: " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! , " Cold is thy brow, my son... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 Seiten
...laying back The pall from the still features of his child, He bow'd his head upon him, and broke forth " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son !... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 Seiten
...bird, Of quenchless eye and tireless wing." — Aletten. " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shonldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom." — Willis. Hyperbole. Examples.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 Seiten
...of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : 1. " Alas ! my noble boy, that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 2. " Cold is thy brow, my son,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1849 - 80 Seiten
...madman stares ? Cassius. 0 ye gods ! ye gods ! must I endure all this ? 17. Complaint and Lamentation.* Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 18. Supplication and Entreaty*... | |
 | Mary Anna Fox - 1849 - 144 Seiten
...death has awakened deep and heartfelt regret in all who knew him : — " Alas, my noble boy, that tliou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair! That death should settle on thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in thy clustering hair ! " WILLIS. A FUNERAL train, with... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...for won ; 5. wan'drer for wan'der-er ; 5. hum for home. DAVID'S" LAMENT FOR ABSALOM. NP WILLIS. 1 . ALAS ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ? My proud boy, Absalom ! b 2. Cold is thy brow, my son... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 Seiten
...upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe. PERIOD v.] DAVID'S LAMENT FOR ABSALOM. " Alas," my noble boy ! that thou should'st die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair. How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1850 - 88 Seiten
...must I endure all this ? 17. Complaint and Lamentation.* Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou should st die ! Thou who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 18. Supplication and Entreaty.*... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 Seiten
...features of his child, He bowed his head upon him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou,...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom ! 13 " Cold is thy brow, my son... | |
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Alas! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom... 
