From his late sobbing wet. And I, with moan, Kissing away his tears, left others of my own ; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a... The Contemporary Review - Page 1871879Full view - About this book
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1913 - 1048 pages
...beach, And six or seven shells, A bottle with bluebells, And two French copper coins, ranged therewith careful art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I pray'd To God, I wept, and said : Ah ! when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in... | |
| English literature - 1914 - 556 pages
...For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put within his reach, A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach And six...art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I pray'd To God, I wept, and said : Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in death,... | |
| Richard Crashaw - Poetry, religious - 1914 - 136 pages
...tears, left others of my own ; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, 15 A box of counters and a red-veined stone, A piece...French copper coins, ranged there with careful art, 20 To comfort his sad heart. So, when that night I prayed To God, I wept, and said : Ah, when at last... | |
| Lady Constance Lytton - Prisons - 1914 - 490 pages
...dismissed " with hard words and unkiss'd," had put beside his bed:— " A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach, And...there with careful art To comfort his sad heart." When evening came after the supper meal our little plot developed with unexpected smoothness. The kindly... | |
| 1915 - 954 pages
...tears, left others of my own; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his roach, A box of counters and a red-veined stone, A piece...art. To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I prayed To God, I wept and said: Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in death,... | |
| Stephen Coleridge - American poetry - 1916 - 242 pages
...moan, Kissing away his tears, left others of my own ; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, A box of counters, and a red-veined...French copper coins, ranged there with careful art, So when that night I prayed To God, I wept, and said : Ah, when at last we lie with trance'd breath... | |
| John Dover Wilson - Children - 1916 - 26 pages
...For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put within his reach, A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach And six...art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I prayM To God, I wept, and said : Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in death,... | |
| English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, 15 A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach, And six or seven shells, A bottle of bluebells, And two French copper coins, ranged there with careful art, 20 To comfort his sad heart.... | |
| Louise Collier Willcox - English poetry - 1917 - 330 pages
...on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach And six...art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I pray'd To God, I wept, and said: Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in death,... | |
| Ethel Maude Colson - Poetry - 1918 - 200 pages
...From his late sobbing wet. And I, with moan, Kissing away his tears, left others of my own; He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a red-veined...art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I prayed To God, I wept, and said: Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath, Not vexing Thee in death,... | |
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