She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in thy weeping eye; She spreads the red leaves of thy lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie. She 'gainst those mother-diamonds tries The points of her young eagle's eyes. Welcome — though not to those... Thoreau, the Poet-naturalist: With Memorial Verses - Page 138by William Ellery Channing - 1902 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1820 - 394 pages
...Saviour. " Welcome To many a rarely temper'd kiss, That breathes at once both maid and mother ; ***** She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...of thy lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie." In the Delights of the Muses, where the poet descends from his lofty contemplations to the humbler... | |
| Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...Saviour. " Welcome To many a rarely temper'd kiss, . That breathes at once both maid and mother ; ***** She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...of thy lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie." In the Delights of the Muses, where the poet descends from his lofty contemplations to the humbler... | |
| 614 pages
...rarely tempered kiss, That breathes at once both maid and mother, Warms in the one, cools in the other. She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...their buds yet blushing lie. She 'gainst those mother di'monds tries The point s of her young eagle's eyes. Welcome — tho" not to those gay flies, Gilded... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...rarely-temper'd kiss That breathes at once both maid and mother, Warms in the one, cools in the other. She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...diamonds tries The points of her young eagle's eyes. Welcome ! though not to those gay flies Gilded i' th' beams of earthly kings, Slippery souls in smiling... | |
| 1828 - 398 pages
...rarely-temper'd kiss That breathes at once both maid and mother. Warms in the one, cools in the other. She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...diamonds tries The points of her young eagle's eyes. Welcome ! though not to those gay flies Gilded !' th' beams of earthly kings Slippery souls In smiling... | |
| 1820 - 398 pages
...Welcome • • To many a rarely temper'd kiss, That breathes at once both maid and mother ; «*#*** She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...of thy lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie." In the " Delights of the Muses," where the poet descends from his lofty contemplations to the humbler... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 408 pages
...away : We saw thee, and we blest the sight, We saw thee by thy own sweet light. « By Mr. Campbell. She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...thy lips, • That in their buds yet blushing lie. Yet when young April's husband-showers Shall bless the fruitful Maia's bed, We'll bring the first-born... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 pages
...Mr. Campbell. Y J • v . i. i ! | v ,, J, i ! •hi! J • ii She sings thy tears asleep, and dips I Her kisses in thy weeping eye ; She spreads the red...leaves of thy lips. That in their buds yet blushing He. Yet when young April's husband-showerl Shall bless the fruitful Maia's bed, We 11 bring the first-bom... | |
| 1836 - 634 pages
...This beautiful image is borrowed from one of Crashaw's hymns, descriptive of the infant Saviour :— She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her kisses in...of thy lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie. t /achylus fought with great valour and distinction both at Marathon and Salamis : see his P'*1"6 of... | |
| 1837 - 646 pages
...tender than the image of the Virgin Mother : — " She sings thy tears asleep, and dips Her tresses in thy weeping eye ; She spreads the red leaves of thy, lips, That in their buds yet blushing lie." Or more deliciously pastoral than the following : — " To thee, meek Majesty ! sofl King Of simple... | |
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