 The mellow notes of bugles ? What the roll Of drums? No ! Let me die Where the blue heaven bends o'er me lovingly, And the soft summer air, As it goes by me, stirs my thin, white hair, And, from my forehead, dries The death-damp, as it gathers, and the...  A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the ... - Page 630edited by - 1916Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 888 pages
...summer air, As it goes by me, stirs my thin white hair, Seem wuiting to receive My soul to their clsar depths! Or let me leave The world, when round my bed Wife, children, weeping friends are gathered ; To go and be at rest With kindred spirits—spirits who have blessed And the calm voice of prayer... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1846 - 420 pages
...stirs my thin white hair, And from my forehead dries The death-damp as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths !...my soul prepare To go and be at rest With kindred sprats, — spirits who have blessed The human brotherhood By labours, cares, and counsels for their... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...my thin, white hair, And, from my forehead, dries The death-damp, as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths !...world, when, round my bed, Wife, children, weeping frieids are gathered, And the calm voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare To go and... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...my thin, white hair, And, from my forehead, dries The death-damp, as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths !...voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare The human brotherhood By labors, cares, and counsels for their good. And in my dying hour, When riches,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...my thin, white hair, And, from my forehead, dries The death-damp, as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths !...prepare To go and be at rest, With kindred spirits who have blessed The human brotherhood, By labors, cares, and counsels for their good And in my dying... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...The death-damp as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depth ! Or let me leave The world when round my bed Wife,...the calm voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my aoul prepare To go and be at rest With kindred spirits — spirits who have bless'd The human brotherhood... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...The death-damp as it gathers, and the skics Seem waiting to reeeive My soul to their elear depth ! Or let me leave The world when round my bed Wife, children, weeping fricnds are gathered, And the calm voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare To go and... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...The death-damp as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depth ! Or let me leave The world when round my bed Wife, children, weeping friends arc gathered, And the calm voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare To go and be at rest... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...The death-damp as it gathers, and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depth ! Or let me leave The world when round my bed Wife, children, weeping friends arc gathered, And the calm voice of prayer And holy hymning shall my soul prepare To go and be at rest... | |
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