 Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet song, and dance, and wine; And thou art terrible — the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know,...  Kettell, Samuel: Specimens of American Poetry... - Page 1711829Full view - About this book
 | Janus - 1826 - 568 pages
...mother's, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke And crowded cities...stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form,, The earthquake's shock, the ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath; Come when the blessed seals That close the...consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ncean storm; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine; And thou... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...mother, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, Andthou art terrible: the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, 9 And all we know, or dream,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...Like flowers at set of sun. 4 *Come to the bridal chamber, Death! Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...storm;— Come when the heart beats high and warm, Come to the mother, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath;— With banquet-song,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...mother, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke; Come in consumptioa's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; — Come when the heart beats high... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1830 - 472 pages
...mother, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake's shock, the ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm With banquet song, and... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...first-born's breath ;— Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crouded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — f.Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...'when she feelsj For the first time/ her first-born's breath ;— Come when the blessed seals -" Which' close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities...stroke; : . •• : Come in. consumption's ghastly fonnj/ . The earthquake shock, the ocean storrn ; — • Come when the heart beats high and warm,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the...ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; !ome when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine; And thou art terrible... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...the bridal Chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the...consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, tiie ocean storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet song, and dance, and wine... | |
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