 Spake the mournful Mexic woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena! "Like a cloud before the wind...  The War with Mexico Reviewed - Page 237by Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1850 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 312 pages
...armies, ministering to the wants of Americans as well as Mexicans, with impartial tenderness." "VVe give a few of the concluding stanzas of this melting,...angels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive ! " Sink, 0 night, among thy mountains I let thy cool, gray shadows fall ; Dying brothers, fighting demons —... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1850 - 408 pages
...woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena ! " Like a cloud before...angels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive ! " Sink, oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool, grey shadows fall; Dying brothers, fighting demons, drop... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...they fall, and strive to rise ; Hasten, sisters, haste and save them, lest they die before our eyes !" Look forth once more, Ximena ! " Like a cloud before...angels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive !" Sink, oh Night, among thy mountains! let the cool, gray shadows fall ; Dying brothers, fighting demons —... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. " Look forth once more, Ximena ! " "Like a cloud before...angels ! Oh, thou Christ of God forgive ! " Sink, Oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool, gray shadows fall ; Dying brothers, fighting demons —... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. " Look forth once more, Ximena!" "Like a cloud before...down the mountains, leaving blood and death behind ; =** «f God to. *<• •=.WHEN on a fragrant sandal tree, The woodman's axe descends, And she who... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1855 - 436 pages
...woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena ! " Like a cloud before...angels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive ! " Sink, oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool, grey shadows fall; Dying brothers, fighting demons, drop... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1856 - 470 pages
...and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena ! " Like a cloud before the wind Kolls the battle down the mountains, leaving blood and death...angels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive ! " Sink, oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool, grey shadows fall ; Dying brothers, fighting demons,... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 452 pages
...Rolls the battle down the mountains, leaving blood and death behind ; 336 THE ANOELS OF BOENA VISTA. Ah ! they plead in vain for mercy ; in the dust the...holy angels ! Oh, thou Christ of God forgive ! Sink, Oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool, gray shadows fall ; Dying brothers, fighting demons —... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Love poetry - 1858 - 426 pages
...soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. " Look forth once more, Ximena !" "Like a clond before the wind Rolls the battle down the mountains,...the dust the wounded strive; Hide your faces, holy augels ! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive!" Sink, oh Night, among thy mountains ! let the cool grey... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Love poetry - 1858 - 420 pages
...bind the wounds which bled. 389 "Look forth once more, Ximena !" "Like a clond before the wind Rulls the battle down the mountains, leaving blood and death behind; Ah! they plead in vain fur mercy; in the dust the wounded strive; Hide your faces, holy angels! oh, thou Christ of God, forgive... | |
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