 FAINTER her slow step falls from day to day, Death's hand is heavy on her darkening brow; Yet doth she fondly cling to earth, and say, " I am content to die. but, oh ! not now ! Not while the blossoms of the joyous spring Make the warm air such luxury...  The Child of the Islands - Strana 215podľa Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1851 - Počet stránok 193Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1833 - Počet stránok 636
...shall he the hed-fellow of what was THE HERMIT IN LONDON. THE CHILD OF EARTH. RY THE HON. MRS. NORTON. Fainter her slow step falls from day to day, Death's hand is heavy on her darkening hrow ; Yet doth she fondly cling to earth, and say, " I am content to die — hut, oh ! not now ! —... | |
 | 1831 - Počet stránok 502
...poetical contents of the Amulet, we submit to our readers Mrs Norton's beautiful CHILD Or IAKTH. " Fainter her slow step falls from day to day, Death's...breathe — Not while the birds such lays of gladness singNot while bright flowers around my footsteps wreathe Spare me, great God ! lift up my drooping... | |
 | 1882 - Počet stránok 224
...its darling, like the bliss of Heaven ! THE CHILD OF HEALTH. BY MRS. NORTON. Fainter her slow steps falls from day to day, Death's hand is heavy on her darkening brow ; Yet fondly doth she cling to earth and say, * I am content to die — hul oh, not now I — Not while the... | |
 | 1831 - Počet stránok 496
...poetical contents of the Amulet, we submit to our readers Mrs Norton's beautiful ."ll.'i OF EARTH. " Fainter her slow step falls from day to day, Death's...darkening brow; Yet doth she fondly cling to earth, and &ay, ' I am content to die — but, oh! not now!— Not while the blossoms of the joyous spring Make... | |
 | 1831 - Počet stránok 352
...And here are some sweetly-touching stanzas—" The Child of Earth"— by the Hon. Mrs. Norton : — " Fainter her slow step falls from day to day, Death's hand is heavy on her darkening brow ; Vet doth she fondly cling to earth and say, ' I am content to die — but oh ! not now !— Not while... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - Počet stránok 288
...Spaniards hy the name of The last sigh of the Moor.' LESSON LXXX. The Child of Earth.—MRS. NORTON. Death's hand is heavy on her darkening brow; Yet doth she fondly cling to earth, and say, FAINTER her slow step falls from day to day, Make the warm air such luxury to breathe— Not while... | |
 | 1834 - Počet stránok 440
...him, Again to wake his song of praise. THE CHILD OF EARTH. BY MBS. NORTON. Fainter her slow steps fall from day to day; Death's hand is heavy on her darkening...she fondly cling to earth and say, "I am content to die—but oh! not now !— Not while the blossoms of the joyous spring Hake the warm air such luxury... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - Počet stránok 270
...Spaniards by the name of The last sigh of the Moor.' LESSON LXXX. The Child of Earth.—MRS. NORTON. FAINTER her slow step falls from day to day, Death's...fondly cling to earth, and say, ' I am content to die—but, oh! not now!— Not while the blossoms of the joyous spring Make the warm air such luxury... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - Počet stránok 336
...for the newer call, — But in the mother's heart found room for ALL ! THE CHILD OP EARTH. FA1NTKR her slow step falls from day to day, Death's hand is heavy on her darkening hrow ; Yet doth she fondly cling to earth, and say, " I am content to die, — but, oh ! not now !... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1841 - Počet stránok 322
...weepeth On that cold land's cruel shore — Blest, blest is he that sleepeth, — THE CHILD OF EARTH. I. FAINTER her slow step falls from day to day, Death's...breathe ; Not while the birds such lays of gladness sing ; II. The spring hath ripen'd into summer-time, The season's viewless boundary is past ; The glorious... | |
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