 Thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake; Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves, and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb. Stay for me there; I will not fail To meet thee in that hollow vale.  Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry - Page 65by Henry Headley - 1810Full view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1792 - 396 pages
...calm region, where no night Can hide us from each other's sight. Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bei Never to be disquieted! My last good night! thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate mall overtake : Till age, or grief, or sicknefs mustMarry my bodyjio that dust It so much loves; and... | |
 | 1811 - 438 pages
...his Wife, /,ij Dr. Henry King, Bishop qf Chiclietter, in the reign of Charles f. , SLEEP on, my lure, in thy cold bed Never to be disquieted ! My last good night! thou wilt not wake Till I thy fwte shall overtake ; Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 pages
...yield her back again by weight ; For thou must audit on thy trust Each grain and atom of this dust. So close the ground, and 'bout her shade Black curtains draw, my bride is laid. But hark ! my pulse like a soft drum Beats my approach, tells thee 1 come ; And slow how'er my marches... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...DEATH OF A BELOVED WIPE. (By Henry King, Bishop of Chichetter ; born 1591, died 1669.) " Sleep on, ray love, in thy cold bed Never to be disquieted: My last ' good night !' thou will not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake ; Till age, or grief, or sickness, must Marry my body... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...sought, and hand that gave success. Z. EXEQUY ON A BELOVED WIFE, BY THB MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP KING. SLEEP on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted ; My last " good night ! " thou will not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake; Till age, or grief, or sickness, must Marry my body to... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1841 - 586 pages
...of a Beloved Wife,' and in a voice scarcely audible through his frequent sobs: 'Sleep on, my IOVR, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted : My last ' good night'! — thou wilt not wake Till 1 thy tale shall overtake: Till ugc, or grief, or (sickness, miul Marry my body to tint <lu.-t It so... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...best. Her only mistake was in not charging a triple price with the triple condensation. THE WIDOWER. " Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted. Henry King* m tke ¿eatA of kia »ifs. SHE sleeps beneath the sod, Watched by the eyes of God, Till... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...best. Her only mistake was in not charging a triple price with the triple condensation. THE WIDOWER. " Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted. /li nra King,* m Ac JtJith of Mi vift. SHE sleeps beneath the sod, Watched by the eyes of God, Till... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...EXEQUY ON THE DEATH OP A BELOVED WIFK, By Henry King, bishop of Chichester ; born 1591, died 16S9. " Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted : My last ' gciod-nighl ." thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake ; Till age, or grief, or sickness,... | |
 | Willis Gaylord Clark - American poetry - 1847 - 170 pages
...Exequy on the Death of a Beloved Wife,' and in a voice scarcely audible through his frequent sobs : " Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed, Never to be disquieted...last 'good night'!— thou wilt not wake Till I thy late *hall overtake: Till age, or grief, or sickness, must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves... | |
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