 DEATH OF AN INFANT. Death found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dashed it out. There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip ; — he touched the veins with ice, And the rose faded. Forth from those blue eyes There spake a wishful tenderness, —...  The Republic - Seite 1521851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1849 - 748 Seiten
...YEARS. DEATH found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dashed it out. There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip— he touched the veins with ice,...bound The silken fringes of their curtaining lids For ever. There had been a murmuring sound, With which the babe would claim the mother's ear, Charming... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 Seiten
...found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. — There was a tint of rose On check and lip ;— he touched the veins with ice, And the...doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which Innocence Above can wear. — With ruthless haste he bound The silken fringes of their curtaining lids. Charming... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. — There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip ;— he touched the veins with ice,...spake a wishful tenderness,— a doubt Whether to gr,eve or sleep, which Innocence Above'can wear. — With ruthless haste be bound The silken fringes... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. — There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip,— he touched the veins with ice, And the lose faded; — forth from those blue eyes There spake a wishful tenderness, — a doubt Whether to... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1829 - 618 Seiten
...INFANT. ' Death found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dashed it out. There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip ; he touched the veins with ice,...bound The silken fringes of their curtaining lids For ever. — There had been a murmuring sound With which the babe would claim its mother's ear, Charming... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip ; — he touch'd the veins with ice, And the rose faded. — Forth from those blue eye* There spoke a wishful tenderness, — a doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which Innocence Alone... | |
 | 1834 - 402 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dashed it out. There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip ; — he touched the veins with ice,...bound The silken fringes of their curtaining lids For ever. There had been a murmuring sound, With which the babe would claim its mother's ear, Charming... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1834 - 316 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strange beauty on that polished brow And dashed it out. — There was a tint of rose On cheek and lip. — He touched the veins with ice,...Whether to grieve or sleep, which innocence Alone may wear. — With ruthless haste he bound The silken fringes of those curtaining lids Forever. —... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strange beauty on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. There was a lint of rose, On cheek and lip ; he touched the veins with ice,...And the rose faded. Forth from those blue eyes There spoke a wishful tenderness — a doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which Innocence Alone can wear.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...INFANT. DEATH found strangle beauty on that cherub brow, And dash'd it out. There was a lint of rose, On cheek and lip ; he touched the veins with ice,...And the rose faded. Forth from those blue eyes There spoke a wishful tenderness — a doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which Innocence Alo.ie can wear.... | |
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