 Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways : Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.  The Quarterly Review - Page 3261818Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...woodlands o'er, • In freedom and in joy. JAMES HENBY LEIGH HUNT. Born 1784. To a Child, during Sickness. Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. SBie gtunt bit Swtig an ZBie fanft etflingen beine fiiebct 3m fliflen ffialbbeteicl), 5Benn lei* bie... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 374 pages
...praises — the truest and the most precious that can be given. TO TLH, SIX YEARS OLD, DURIKG A SICKNESS. Sleep breathes at last from out thee My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about theo — Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies. Wilson. TO TL II., SIX YEARS OLD, DURING A SICKNESS. Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Sorrows I've had, severe ones, I will not think of now ; And calmly midst my dear ones, Have wasted... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. MlLTOX. SIX YEARS OLD, DURING A SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient boy; And balmy rest about thee Smooth's off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...my brother with me played, Would I had loved him more ! " F. HEMANS. cxxni TO A CHILD IN SICKNESS. Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. Slfi TO A CHILD IX SICKNESS. I sit me down and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain. HW Longfellow. CLIV. TO A CHILD IN SICKNESS. LEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smoothes off the day's annoy. I sit me down and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...not divine ! JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT. Born, 1784; Died, 1859. TO TLH, SIX YEAES OLD, DURING SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillow* d meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...not divine ! JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT. Born, 1784; Died, 1859. TO TLH, SIX YEARS OLD, DURING SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillow' d meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pages
...DURING SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from ont thee, My little, patient boy ; And balmy rest abont thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and...think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with sndden shrink, That I had less to praise Thy sidelong pillow'd meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...and, despite occasional conceits, by felicitous expression. TO TLH, SIX YEARS OLD, DURING A SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Sorrows, I've had severe ones, I will not think of now ; And calmly 'midst my dear ones, Have wasted... | |
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