 | Pastoral recollections - 1837 - 296 pagina’s
...rest; How mildly beams theclosiog eye! How gently heaves th' expii ins breast ! So fades a summer doud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant, smiles the victor's brow, Fann'd by some guardian angel's wing... | |
 | 1837 - 90 pagina’s
...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, * A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing... | |
 | 1837 - 548 pagina’s
...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, . A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing... | |
 | Lowell Mason, David Greene - 1837 - 582 pagina’s
...along the shore. •>* 3 Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, > Fanned by some guardian angel's wing : So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day ; "IO grave ! where is thy victory now, And where, O death, where is thy sting! s. M. Mornington. Bethany.... | |
 | William Cutter Hanscom - 1838 - 218 pagina’s
...Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." " So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which nothing can destroy ; Nought can disturb... | |
 | Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 230 pagina’s
...rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. The following extracts from a letter dated ' Santa Cruz, February 18th, 1 838,... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pagina’s
...rest. How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing; Where... | |
 | Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 228 pagina’s
...the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks tb« gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. The following extract from a letter dated ' Santa Cruz, February 18th, 1838,'has... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pagina’s
...rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing : Where... | |
 | 1840 - 498 pagina’s
...How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 2 So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So...the eye of day ; So dies the wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys ; Nothing disturbs that peace profound... | |
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So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 
