 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : — ' Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ; Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...Absalom ! ' Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill. As to my bosom I have tried to press thee, How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : — " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee ! How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill. Like a rich harp-string,... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 pages
...him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : — "Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...hair! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, JVIy proud boy Absalom! How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string, yearning... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou should' st die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee : How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string,... | |
 | Mrs. F. Marshall Ward - 1869 - 120 pages
...blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." — Longfellow. " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldest die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom ! "— Willis. jjENTLY and tenderly Ann smoothed the pillow, and the little exhausted sufferer fell... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 396 pages
...Pathetic ' example for ' slow ' standard time. 3. "Alas ! || my noble boy ! ||| that thou | shouldst die ! ||| Thou, || who wert made | so beautifully...glorious eye, ||| And leave his || stillness ||| in thy clustering hair ! ||| - How could he || mark thee |||| for the silent tomb, ||| My proud | boy,... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe : " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...Absalom ! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee ! How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string,... | |
 | Mrs. F. Marshall Ward - 1870 - 426 pages
...blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." — Longfellmi}. "Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldest die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom !" — Willis. jjENTLY and tenderly Ann smoothed the pillow, and the little exhausted sufferer fell... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe: " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die I Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death...eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair I How could he mark thee for the silent tomb, My proud boy, Absalom! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - Recitations - 1871 - 410 pages
...him, and broke forth In the resistless eloquence of woe: " Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That...Absalom! " Cold is thy brow, my son ! and I am chill, As to my bosom I have tried to press thee : How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill, Like a rich harp-string,... | |
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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... 
