| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 pages
...an almost passionate affection — and he perhaps shared at the end the ' wish ' of Matthew Arnold. I ask but that my death may find The freedom to my...room, The friends who come, and gape, and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom — • All, which makes death a hideous show. He was wonderfully cared for... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...not each kind soul to keep Tearless, when of my death he hears; Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask...folly of mankind, Then, then at last, to quit my side. Nor bring, to see me cease to live, Some doctor full of phrase and fame, To shake his sapient head... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1868 - 822 pages
...death he hears , Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues ou earth than t-.-.ir«. I ask but that my death may find The freedom to my...mankind Then, then at last, to quit my side. Spare mo the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come, and gape, and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...ask not each kind soul to keep Tearless, when of my death he hears; Let those who will, if any, weep! There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask...room, The friends who come, and gape, and go; The ceremonious air of gloom— All, that makes death a hideous show! Nor bring, to see me cease to live,... | |
| 1872 - 590 pages
...not each kind soul to keep Tearless when of my death he hears ; Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask...crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom, All that makes death a hideous show ! Nor bring, to see one cease to live,... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 594 pages
...my death he hears ; Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues on earth than'tears. I ask but that my death may find The freedom to my...crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom, All that makes death a hideous show ! Nor bring, to see one cease to live,... | |
| 1872 - 1176 pages
...Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask hut that ray "death may find The freedom to my life denied ; Ask...crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom, All that makes death a hideous show ! Nor bring, to see one cease to live,... | |
| William Stevens Robinson - 1877 - 626 pages
...not each kind soul to keep Tearless when of my death he hears : Let those who will, if any, weep ; There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask...room ; The friends who come and gape and go ; The ceremonious air of gloom, — All that makes death a hideous show. Nor bring, to see me cease to live,... | |
| William Stevens Robinson - 1877 - 622 pages
...death he hears: IiCt those who will, if any, woop; There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I nsk but that my death may find The freedom to my life...denied; Ask but the folly of mankind Then, then, at hist, to <juit my side. Spare me the whispering, crowded room ; The friends who cornu and каре... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 pages
...not each kind soul to keep Tearless, when of my death he hears. Let those who will, if any, weep ! There are worse plagues on earth than tears. I ask...room, The friends who come, and gape, and go; The ceremonious air of gloom — All, which makes death a hideous show I Nor bring, to see me cease to... | |
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