 Come to the bridal chamber, death ! Come to the mother when she feels For the first time her firstborn's breath ; — Come when the blessed seals Which close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke...  Time's Telescope - Page 3231830Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 506 pages
...the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first horn's breath ; — ' Come when the blessed seals Which close...its stroke; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 502 pages
...pestilence are broke And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine — And thou art terrible : the tear, .The groan, the knell, the... | |
 | Janus - 1826 - 568 pages
...night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first-born's...storm ; Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine ; And thou art terrible ; the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 500 pages
...and his death on the field of victory. " Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1827 - 76 pages
...night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath ; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...and his death on the field of victory. " Come to. the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother's, when she feels For the first time her first-born's breath; Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke; Come in consumption's ghastly... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...won ; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother,...its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death! Come to the mother,...its stroke; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like Bowers at set of sun. >» 4 *Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! Come to the mother,...its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun. Come to the bridal chamber, Death! Come to the mother,...broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke; Come in consumptioa's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm; — Come when the heart beats high... | |
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