 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...• Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. Strong supplication, and forgave him there, * * * * * The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened for the grave ; and, as the folds The matchless symmetry of Absalom. Sunk to the still proportions, they betrayed His hair was yet unshorn,... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 pages
...beneath Was straighten'd for the grave ; and as the folds Sunk to the still proportions, they betray'd The matchless symmetry of Absalom. His hair was yet...silken curls Were floating round the tassels as they sway'd To the admitted air, as glossy now As when in hours of gentle dalliance bathing The snowy fingers... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...whom its pleasant shadows were a grave. The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straigjiten'd for the grave ; and as the folds Sunk to the still proportions, they betray'd The matchless symmetry of Absalom, His hair was yet unshorn, and silken curls Were floating... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...course of nature tells, By its light heed of human suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world! The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened...curls Were floating round the tassels as they swayed » THE ACADEMICAL SPEAKER. 233 To the admitted air, as glossy now The snowy fingers of Judea's girls.... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straighten'd for the grave; and as the folds Sunk to the still proportions, they betray'd The matchless symmetry of Absalom: His hair was yet unshorn, and silken curls Were floating... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 274 pages
...controlled, Strong supplication, and forgave him there, Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. • * * * The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened...gentle dalliance, bathing The snowy fingers of Judea's daughters. His helm was at his feet: his banner, soiled With trailing through Jerusalem, was laid,... | |
 | 1838 - 348 pages
...forgave him there, Before his God, for his deep slnfulneas. The pall was settled. He who slept heneath Was straightened for the grave; and, as the folds Sunk to the still proportions, they hetrayed The matehless symmetry of Ahsalom. His hair was yet unshorn, and silken curls Were floating... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1847 - 282 pages
...controlled, Strong supplication, and forgave him there, Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. # # # * # The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened...gentle dalliance, bathing The snowy fingers of Judea's daughters. ABSALOM. 227 His helm was at his feet : his banner, soiled With trailing through Jerusalem,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 428 pages
...controlled, Strong supplication, and forgave him there, Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. ***** The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened...matchless symmetry of Absalom. His hair was yet unshorn, and^silken curls Were floating round the tassels as they swayed To the admitted air, as glossy now... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 pages
...be controll'd, Strong supplication, and forgave him there, Before his God, for his deep sinfulness. The matchless symmetry of Absalom. His hair was yet...silken curls Were floating round the tassels as they sway'd To the admitted air, as glossy now As when, in hours of gentle dalliance, bathing The snowy... | |
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The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened for the grave; and, as the folds Sunk to the still proportions, they betrayed The matchless symmetry of Absalom. 
