 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American poetry - 1827 - 112 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way And leaned in graceful attitudes to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...heed of human suffering, That it was fashioned for a perfect world! King David's limbs were weary. He From far Jerusalem, and now he •J With his faint... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, Ajid leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world ! King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem; and now he stood, With his faint people,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world ! King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem ; and now he stood, With his faint... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way And lean'd in graceful attitudes to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its light heed of human suffering, That it was fashion'd for a perfect world ! Whose love had been his shield; and his deep tone Grew tremulous ;... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...a "gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world! The pall was settled. He who slept beneath Was straightened for the grave; and, as the folds Sunk to... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...waters like a gentle nurse Bear on its bosom, quietly gave way And lean'd in graceful attitudes to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its light heed of human suifering, That it was fashion'd for a happier world! King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1835 - 274 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world ! King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem; and now he stood, With his faint people,... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its hosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world I King David's limhs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem ; and now he stood, With his faint... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world ! 2. King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem ; and now he stood, With hisjaint... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest, How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its...suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world! King David's limbs were weary. He had fled From far Jerusalem; and now he stood, With his faint people,... | |
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With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide, Forgot the lifting winds; and the long stems, Whose flowers the water, like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature... 
