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" WHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be first to me, — Be happy as ever at home, If so, as I wish, it be. Possess thy heart, my own ; And sing to the child on thy knee, Or read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. "
Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas - Page 345
by Robert Bridges - 1912
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The Living Age, Volume 278

1913 - 880 pages
...words which recall the old age of Landor in everything except in the happiness to which they look back: "When Death to either shall come,— I pray it be...own; And sing to the child on thy knee, Or read to thy self alone The songs that I made for thee." So with the manner In which Mr. Bridges handles religion,...
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Poetical Works of Robert Bridges: Shorter poems. New poems. Notes

Robert Bridges - 1899 - 314 pages
...excel, All my work hath prosper'd well, All my songs have happy been, O my love, my life, my queen. \ WHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. i8 WISHES r I WISH'D to sing thy grace, but nought Found upon earth that could compare : Some day,...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1901 - 1190 pages
...And braves as he may the night Of darkness and tears. 840. When 'Death to Either shall come VVTHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be first...read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. ANDREW LANG 841. The Odyssey b. i&)4 AS one that for a weary space has Iain .**. Lull'd by the song...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580 ..., Volume 3, Pages 843-1252

1912 - 432 pages
...will scarce be home To wake our wedding-day! Theophile Marzials [1850"WHEN DEATH TO EITHER SHALL COME" WHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...wish, it be. Possess thy heart, my own; And sing to thy child on thy knee, Or read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. Robert Bridges [1844THE...
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Poems of love, pt. 2

1912 - 432 pages
...me, — Be happy as ever at home, If so, as I wish, it be. Possess thy heart, my own; And sing to thy child on thy knee, Or read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. Robert Bridges [1844THE RECONCILIATION From "The Princess" As through the land at eve we went, And...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 219

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1913 - 656 pages
...which recall the old age of Landor in everything except in the happiness to which they look back : ' When Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee.' So with the manner in which Mr Bridges handles religion, if we include in the meaning of that word...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 219

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1913 - 658 pages
...which recall the old age of Landor in everything except in the happiness to which they look back : ' When Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee.' So with the manner in which Mr Bridges handles religion, if we include in the meaning of that word...
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The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail - 1916 - 542 pages
...Thou hadst the peace and I the undying pain. ROBERT BRIDGES 166. ' When 'Death to either shall come ' WHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. JOHN DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL 167. ' Grieve not, dear Love' RIEVE not, dear Love ! although we often...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1120 pages
...And braves as he may the night Of darkness and tears. 840. When Death to Either shall come VVT'HEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be first...read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thee. ANDREW LANG The Ocfyssey AS one that for a weary space has Iain •** Lull'd by the song of Circe and...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 1

1918 - 2030 pages
...scarce be home To wake our wedding-day! Tlitophilc Marzials [1850"WHEN DEATH TO EITHER SHALL COME1 WHEN Death to either shall come, — I pray it be...wish, it be. Possess thy heart, my own; And sing to thy child on thy knee, Or read to thyself alone The songs that I made for thce. Robert Bridges [1844THE...
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