 | 1809 - 572 pages
...sad survivor, thee alone ; Heaven's peace commiserate ; for scarce I heed These wounds ; — yetthee to leave is death, is death indeed Clasp me a little...I can feel thy dear caress ; And, when this heart has ceas'd to beat — oh think, " ! a And let it mitigate thy wo's excess, That thou hast been to... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...commiserate; for scarce I heed ' These wounds; — yet thee to. leave is death, is death indeed. 65 XXIX. ' Clasp me a little longer, on the brink ' Of fate ! while I can feel thy drear caress ; ' And, when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh ! think, * And let it mitigate thy... | |
 | 1810 - 704 pages
...; — yet thee to leave is death, is deatfi hi-« deed. .«*••. . . .• •..»•. > " Clafp me a little longer on the brink Of fate ! while I can feel thy dear carefs ; -~.~V* And when this heart hath ceas'd to beat— Oh ! think> . And let it mitigate thy woe's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...commiserate; for scarce I heed ' These wounds;—yet thee to leave is death, is death indeed. XXIX. ' Clasp me a little longer, on the brink ' Of fate ! while I can feel thy drear caress; * And when this heart hath ceas'd to heat—oh {think, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 pages
...commiserate; for scarce I heed ' These wounds; — yet thee to leave is death, is death indeed. 67 XXIX. / ' Clasp me a little longer, on the brink ' Of fate! while I can feel thy drear caress; ' And when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh! think, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1814 - 274 pages
...commiserate ; for scarce I heed ' These wounds ; — yet thee to leave is death, is death indeed. XXR. ' Clasp me a little longer, on the brink ' Of fate !...feel thy dear caress ; * And when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh ! think, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, ' That thou hast been to me... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...commisserate ; for scarce I heed These wounds ;—yet thee to leave is death, is death mdeed. ftlasp me a little longer, on the brink , {Of fate ! while I can feel thy dear caress ; ^nd when this heart has ceas'd to beat—Oh, think. And let it mitigate thy wo's exctss, That thou... | |
 | 1832 - 1102 pages
...THE PAINTER'S LAST WORK. — A SCENE.* BY MRS HEMANS. Clasp me a litllc longer on the brink Of life, while I can feel thy dear caress ; And when this heart hath ceased to beat, oh ! think. And let it mitigate thy woe's excess. That Inou hast been to me all tenderness. And friend... | |
 | De Clifford (fict.name.) - 1820 - 582 pages
...convent of St. Blanch, where he devoted himself entirely to acts of piety and benevolence. CHAPTER III. Clasp me a little longer on the brink Of fate, while I can feel thy dear caress, And when this heart has ceased to beat, oh think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...sweetly pathetick than anything ever written in rhyme." — Ml£>iarmid. 254 THE AMERICAN [Lwson 11*. " Clasp me a little longer, on the brink Of fate ! while...; And, when this heart hath ceased to beat — oh ! think, And let it mitigate thy wo's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, A friend, to... | |
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Clasp me a little longer on the brink Of fate! while I can feel thy dear caress; And when this heart hath ceased to beat — oh! think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend to more than human friendship... 
