 | 1821 - 504 pages
...And long, where thou art lying, Will tears thy cold turf steep. When hearts, whose home was Heaven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath...shared thy joy and sorrow, Whose weal and wo were thine j It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow : But I've in vain essayed it, And feel, I cannot... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1827 - 76 pages
...thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts,...should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, 30 ON THE DEATH OF J. RODMAN DRAKE, And I, who woke each morrow To clasp thy hand in mine, Who shared... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...thee but to love thee, None nam'd thee but to praise." ****** '' When hearts whose home was heaven. Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven, To tell the world their worth." ****** '- It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, But I've in vain essayed it, And feel... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep. And long where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts,...and sorrow, Whose weal and wo were thine; It should he mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, But I've in vain essayed it, And feel I cannot now. While... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts whose truth was proven, Like thine arc laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. And I, who woke each... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...OF J. RODMAN DRAKE. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts,...mine, Who shared thy joy and sorrow, Whose weal and woe were thine ; It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, But I've in vain essayed it,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1836 - 112 pages
...thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts,...mine, Who shared thy joy and sorrow, Whose weal and woe were thine; It should be mine to braid it Around thy faded brow, While memory bids me weep thee,... | |
 | Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 530 pages
...but to praise. " Tears fell, when thou" wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. " When...whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, Then should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. " And I, who woke each morrow To clasp... | |
 | Alnwick Castle, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 pages
...days ! WoRDsWORTH. Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid hi earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth, And I, who woke each morrow... | |
 | Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 522 pages
...praise. " Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lymg, Will tears the cold turf steep. " When hearts, whose truth was proven Like thine, are laid in earth, Then should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth. " And I, who woke each morrow To clasp... | |
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Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts,... 
