 These check his fearful steps ; and down he sinks Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mix'd with the tender anguish nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2971831Full view - About this book
 | 1901 - 106 pages
...shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death ; Mixed with the tender anguish nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife,...children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him the officious * wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment ' warm ; In vain his little children,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots ties, which were very serviceable to others, the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pages
...Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots Through the wnmg an Congre ve right, Pudding and beef make Britons fight. Tokay and coffee cause this work B the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...drift, 85 Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots Thro' the wrung bosom of the dying man — His wife, his...unseen. In vain for him th' officious wife prepares 90 The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 pages
...The lines of Winter, 311 ff.,— " In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair- blazing and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children,...peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire," must have been consciously or unconsciously in his mind when he wrote the stanza : — " For them no... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, 85 Mixed with the tender anguish • nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man — His wife,...prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; 90 In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, 85 Mixed with the tender anguish nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man— His wife,...prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; go In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears... | |
 | James Thomson - 1908 - 554 pages
...shapelewrTtnffii Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixed with the tender anguish nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man- His wife,...children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm -j In vain his little children,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1908 - 550 pages
...shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixed with the tender anguish nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man — His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. 310 In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm ; In vain... | |
 | James Thomson - 1908 - 408 pages
...drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mixt with the tender anguish nature shoots Thro' the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. 285 In vain for him th'offtcious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm; In vain... | |
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