 Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly, The rough river ran, — Over the brink of it, Picture it — think of it, Dissolute man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with...  Sunshine in the workhouse - Page 56by Emma Sheppard - 1809 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...life's history, glad to death's mystery ; swift to be hurled any where, any where, out of the world ! Tn she plunged boldly, no matter how coldly the rough,...you can! Take her up tenderly, lift her with care : fashioned so slenderly, young and so fair ! Ere her lilnbs frigidly stiffen too rigidly, decently,... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged...you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, —... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1975 - 1042 pages
...dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to he `& tou rigidly, Decently, — kindly, — Smouth, and compose them ; And her eyes, close them, Staring... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pages
...Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled — d. There may be an infinity of other methods by which the same Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, —... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...Rich!She sang this 'Song of the Shirt!' The Bridge of Sighs 57 Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take... | |
 | Jonathan Goodman - 1993 - 284 pages
...drown'd!" — HAMLET One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take... | |
 | Kevin Kopelson - 1994 - 212 pages
...(1851-52). And Thomas Hood's pathetic poem "The Bridge of Sighs" (1844) enjoyed an unprecedented popularity: Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Figures of lovelorn male suicides were forced to contend with this feminocentric ideology. As Victorians... | |
 | Benita Eisler - 1998 - 228 pages
...Editorial: Two Suicides One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so fair! Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Perishing gloomily, Spurned... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 2000 - 366 pages
...295). The similarity between W's poem and Thomas Hood's 'The Bridge of Sighs' has often been noted: 'Take her up tenderly | Lift her with care; | Fashion'd so slenderly, | Young, and so fair!'. Matthew Arnold's 'Requiescat' may also have been an inspiration: 'Strew on her roses, roses, | And... | |
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