Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each, Sooner or later delicate death. An American Bible - Page 131edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| BLISS PERRY - 1906
...at the passing of the great President becomes ennobled and transfigured into a song of praise : — Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love — but praise 1 praise ! praise ! For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death. CHAPTER V THE CLERK AND HIS... | |
| Bliss Perry - 1906 - 362 pages
...at the passing of the great President becomes ennobled and transfigured into a song of praise : — Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...night, to all, to each, Sooner or later delicate death. Praised be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious^ And for... | |
| 1906 - 328 pages
...sky! Illustrious whatever I see, or hear, or touch, to the last !" And also this in Whitman's "Hymn to Death" : "Prais'd be the fathomless universe, For...knowledge curious; And for love, sweet love — But praise ! O, praise and praise, For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding Death." And if I might venture... | |
| Stanton Coit - 1908 - 506 pages
...soul turning to thee, O vast and well-veiled Death, And the body gratefully nestling close to thee. Come, lovely and soothing Death : Undulate round the...to all, to each, Sooner or later : delicate Death ! Dark Mother, always gliding near with soft feet, Have none chanted for thee a song of fullest welcome... | |
| Edwin Winfield Bowen - 1908 - 418 pages
...if by their hands my comrades in the night, And the voice of my spirit tallied the song of the bird. Come, lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...to all, to each, Sooner or later, delicate death. Praised be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for... | |
| Stanton Coit - 1908 - 502 pages
...of its three opening sentences, or to add as supplementary, these words from Whitman : — Praised be the fathomless universe For life and joy, and for...sweet love ; but praise ! praise ! praise ! For the sure-en winding arms of cool-enfolding death. In order to make clear the consistency of such laudation... | |
| Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 pages
...if by their hands my comrades in the night, And the voice of my spirit tallied the song of the bird. Come, lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, szveet love — but praise! praise! praise! For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death. Dark... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 pages
...bring, For fresh as the morning, thus would I chant a song for you, O sane and sacred death. . . .) Come, lovely and soothing Death ; Undulate round the...to all, to each ; Sooner, or later, delicate Death. Praised be the fathomless Universe For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious ; And for... | |
| 1910 - 548 pages
...if by their hands my comrades in the night, And the voice of my spirit tallied the song of the bird. Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...for love, sweet love — but praise! praise! praise I For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death. Dark mother always gliding near with soft feet,... | |
| 1910 - 490 pages
...if by their hands my comrades in the night, And the voice of my spirit tallied the song of the bird. Come lovely and soothing death, Undulate round the...delicate death. Prais'd be the fathomless universe, For lije and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love — but praise! praisel... | |
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