 THE tattoo beats — the lights are gone, The camp around in slumber lies, The night with solemn pace moves on, The shadows thicken o'er the skies; But sleep my weary eyes hath flown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 1791852Full view - About this book
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 644 pages
...uneasy thoughts arise. ' I think of thee, oh ! dearest one ! Whose love mine early life hath bleet ; Of thee and him, our baby son, Who slumbers on thy...hover, gently hover near To her whose watchful eye ia wet ; The mother-wife, the doubly dear, In whose young heart have freshly met Two streams of love... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 584 pages
...uneasy thoughts arise. 1 1 th ink of t hep, oh ! dearest one ! Whose love mine early life hath bleat ; Of thee and him. our baby son, Who slumbers on thy...frail, and lone, Oh ! guard that little sleeper's rest I 1 And hover, gently hover near To her whose watchful eye is wet ; The mother-wife, the doubly dear,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...o'er the skies ; But sleep my weary eyes hath flown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, oh, dearest one ! Whose love mine early life hath...hover, gently hover near To her, whose watchful eye is wet — The mother, wife — the doubly dear. In whose young heart have freshly met Two streams of... | |
 | 1862 - 396 pages
...eyes hath flown And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. • I think of thee, oh, dearest one, Whose love my early life hath blest — Of thee and him — our...breast ; God of the tender, frail and lone ; Oh, guard the gentle sleepers' rest ; And hover, gently hover near To her whoso watchful eye is wetTo mother,... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...weary eyes hath flown, And sad uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, oh dearest one, Whose love my early life hath blest, Of thee and him, our baby son,...breast ; God of the tender, frail, and lone, Oh guard the gentle sleeper's rest. And hover, gently hover, near To her whose watchful eye is wet, — The... | |
 | Abram Joseph Ryan - 1866 - 284 pages
...weary eyes has flown, And sad uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, oh, dearest one, Whose love my early life hath blest — Of thee and him, our baby...breast ! God of the tender, frail, and lone, Oh ! guard the gentle sleeper's rest ! And hover gently, hover near To her whose watchful eye is wet — To mother,... | |
 | James Wood Davidson - 1869 - 650 pages
...sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, oh, dearest one ! Whose love mine early life hath blast : Of thee and him — our baby son — Who slumbers...hover, gently hover near To her whose watchful eye is wet — The mother, wife, — the doubly dear, In whose young heart have freshly met Two streams of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...thoughts arise. I think of thee, oh, dearest one ! Whose love mine early life hath blest ; Of tin i- and him — our baby son — Who slumbers on thy gentle...And hover, gently hover near To her, whose watchful rye is wet— The mother, wife — the doubly dear, In whose young heart have freshly met Two streams... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...weary eyes hath flown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, 0 darling one, Whose love my early life hath blest — Of thee and him — our...gentle breast. God of the tender, frail, and lone, 0, guard the tender sleeper's rest ! And hover gently, hover near To her whose watchful eye is wet,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...weary eyes hath flown, And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, 0 darling one, Whose love my early life hath blest — Of thee and him — our...gentle breast. God of the tender, frail, and lone, 0, guard the tender sleeper's rest ! And hover gently, hover near To her whose watchful eye is wet,... | |
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