 T is not the dread of death — 'tis more, It is the dread of madness. Oh ! may these throbbing pulses pause, Forgetful of their feverish course ; May this hot brain, which burning, glows With all a fiery whirlpool's force...  Poetical Remains of Lucretia Davidson - Seite 306von Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1843 - 310 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 Seiten
...lay belong, Whose life is spent in toil and care for me ! THE FEAR OF MADNESS. BY THE SAME. Written during her last Illness. THERE is a something which...destruction's wing. That thought comes o'er me in the hour Of grief7 of sickness, or of sadness ; 'Tis not the dread of death,— 'tis more,— It is the dread of... | |
 | 1829 - 488 Seiten
...lines, the last that were ever traced by her indefatigable hand, expressing her fear of madness. - There is a something which I dread, It is a dark,...steals along with withering tread, Or sweeps on wild destruction 'swing. That thought conies o'er me in the hour, Of frrief, of sickness, or of sadness;... | |
 | 1829 - 586 Seiten
...-"e--.^. a»J , wrote tht*" uutiiiL-htd line*, tiu- la*t la+i ' «w lier indefatigable hand, expre~anz her '-•»There is a something which I dread. It is a dark, a fearful tninsr : It steals along with witherinz tread. Or sweeps on wild detraction's « That thought comes... | |
 | 1834 - 406 Seiten
...my head, And, sister, sing the song I love ? ' •' THE FEAR OF MADNESS. THERE is a something whieh I dread ; It is a dark, a fearful thing ; It steals along with withering tread, Or sweeps on wild destruetion's wing. That thought eomes o'er me in the hour Of grief, of siekness, or of ssdness ; 'Tis... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 492 Seiten
...linger here above, Wilt thou not kneel beside my head, And, sister, sing the song I love 1 FRAGMENT.* THERE is a something which I dread, — It is a dark...me in the hour Of grief, of sickness or of sadness ; 'T is not the dread of death — 't is more, It is the dread of madness ! Oh ! may these throbbing... | |
 | James Renwick, Oliver William Bourne Peabody - 1837 - 432 Seiten
...is, though already published, inserted here. " THERE is a something which I dread ; It is a dark, and fearful thing ; It steals along with withering tread,...in the hour Of grief, of sickness, or of sadness; 'T is not the dread of death; 't is more, — It is the dread of madness. " Oh! may these throbbing... | |
 | 1839 - 430 Seiten
...lingering gloom, For the aged to rest his weary head. The Fe&r of Madness*—LUCRETI A MARIA DAVIDSON. THERE is a something which I dread; It is a dark,...steals along with withering tread, Or sweeps on wild destructlun's wing. That thought comes o'er me in the hour Of grief, of sickness, or of sadness; 'Tis... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1841 - 322 Seiten
...darkness now; POETICAL REMAINS. 227 A wand'rer towards a lowly bed, The grave, that home of all below. THE FEAR OF MADNESS. WRITTEN WHILE CONFINED TO HER...of sickness, or of sadness; 'Tis not the dread of death—'tis more, It is the dread of madness. Oh! may these throbbing pulses pause, Forgetful of their... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1841 - 422 Seiten
...lingering gloom, For the aged to rest his weary head. The Fear of Madness." — LXTCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON. THERE is a something which I dread ; It is a dark,...Or sweeps on wild destruction's wing. That thought conies o'er me in the hour Of grief, of sickness, or of sadness ; 'Tis not the dread of death, —... | |
 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 716 Seiten
...pronounced by her lips. 72 LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON. There is a something which I dread, It is a dark and fearful thing; It steals along with withering tread,...me in the hour Of grief, of sickness, or of sadness ; 'T is not the dread of death ; 't is more, — It is the dread of madness. Oh ! may these throbbing... | |
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