Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers. Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to Cathay - Page 259by James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1825 - 504 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| 1826 - 506 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. " I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon; Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| 1826 - 622 pages
...her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| 1829 - 436 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 pages
...whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon; A form so fair, that like the air, 't is less of earth than heaven. Her every tone is music's own, like those of morning birds, And something more than melody dwells ever... | |
| Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, Tli. 11 life might be all... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 244 pages
...Cnstata. en Of various colors. MY COMPLIMENTS. The various Iris Juno sends with haste. Ovid. SENTIMENT. To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that like the air 'tis less of earth than heaven. Affections are as thoughts to her, the measure of her hours, Her feelings... | |
| 1836 - 268 pages
...mine of her so very much endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...alone, A woman of her gentler sex, The seeming paragon : To whom the better elements And kindly stores have given A form so fair that, like the air, *T is less of earth than heaven. Affections are as nought to her, The measure of her hours ; Her feelings have the fragrancy, The freshness... | |
| Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 pages
...made up of loveliness — TEBESTtNG. A woiimn of her gentle sex, the seeming paragon ; To whom the elements, and kindly stars have given A form so fair, that like the air, 'tis less of earth than heaven EC Pinckney. Hers ls the enchantment which the heart confers ; A mouth... | |
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