 Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy; And balmy rest about thee— Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down and think Of all thy winning ways; Yet almost wish with sudden shrink That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed...  The Eclectic Review - Page 53edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | 1905 - 622 pages
...HUNT. SLEEP breathes at last from out thec, My little, patient boy; And balmy rest about thee Smoothes off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1881 - 918 pages
...quotation shall be from the " Lines to TLH, six years old, during a sickness :" " Thy sidelong pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart in pain and weakness Of fancied faults afraid ; 554 LEIGH HUNT AS A POET. 555 The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears, These, these... | |
 | 1908 - 284 pages
...that puts an end to play ? T. RATCLIFFE BARNETT, The Blessed Ministry of Childhood LITTLE INVALIDS Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid... | |
 | William James Roberts - 1913 - 448 pages
...sobs." And then she quotes those beautiful verses : — " To TLH, six years old, during a sickness." " Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...wish with sudden shrink That I had less to praise. ***** To say he has departed, His voice, his face is gone ! To feel impatient-hearted Yet feel we must... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 396 pages
...seeming length Proportion'd to their sweetness. LEIGH HUNT CXXI TO TLH (Six Years Old, During a Sickness) Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid ; The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pages
...have her will, And said, " Nay, we are seven." WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO A CHILD DURING SICKNESS. SLEIU> breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed meekness ; Thy thanks to nil that aid ; Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults... | |
 | 1818 - 572 pages
...age of six years during a sickness ; and must come home, we think, to the feelings of every father. ' Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy side-long pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 2003 - 204 pages
...we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake. 1818 To TLH Six years old, during a sickness Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid;... | |
 | 1850 - 450 pages
...expressively, — " Father, dear father, God has made a star." TO A CHILD DURING SICKNESS. — Leigh Hunt. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong, pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven." WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO A CHILD DURING SICKNESS. remained to pray. The service past, around the pious...smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed, T pillowed meekness ; Thy thanks to all that aid ; Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults... | |
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