 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1808 - 698 pages
...hair: She is mine, And she is thine, Now thy deadliest draught prepare. In the dismal night air drest, I will creep into her breast; Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes, — When they sparkle most she dies! Mother, do not trust her breath, — Comfort she will breathe in death! •Father, do not strive to... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - English literature - 1808 - 380 pages
...mine, And she is thine, Now thy deadliest draught prepare. CONSUMPTION. In the dismal night air drest, I will creep into her breast; Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes,—• When they sparkle most she dies! Mother, do not trust her breath,— Comfort she will breathe in death! Father, do not strive to save... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1811 - 456 pages
...victim, and CONSUMPTION marks her for her own in these energetick lines: " In the dismal night au* drest, I will creep into her breast; Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes—- When they sparkle most she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breath— Comfort she will breathe in death ! Father, do not strive to save... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...victim, and CONSUMPTION marks her for her own in these energetick lines: " In the dismal night air drest, I will creep into her breast; Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes — When they sparkle most she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breathComfort she will breathe in death ! Father, do not strive to save... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...: She is mine, And she is thine, Now the deadliest draught prepare. In the dismal night air drest, I will creep into her breast: Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes, — "When they sparkle most, she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breath, — Comfort she will breathe in death ! Father, do not strive to... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...probably the last object upon which the dying eyes of Agnei rested! " In the dismal night-air drest, I will creep into her breast ; Flush her cheek and bleach her skin, And prey on the silent fire within. Lover, do not trust her eyes ; M'hcn they sparkle most, she dies ;... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1820 - 302 pages
...In the dismal night air drest, 1 will creep into her hreast ; Flush her cheek, and hleach her skm, And feed on the vital fire within. , Lover, do not...trust her eyes, — When they sparkle most she dies ! Mother, do not trust her hreath, — Comfort she will hreathe in death ! Father, do not strive to... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 600 pages
...his pictures of consumption are almost painfully true to nature: " 'Twill Flush her cheek, and blnacb her skin, And feed on the vital fire within : Lover, do not trust her eyes. When they sparkle most sfie dies !" The allusion to the " chill blast thrown o'er" his young hopes, in the " Lines written... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English poetry - 1827 - 486 pages
...mine, And she is thine, Now the deadliest draught prepare. CONSUMPTION. In the dismal night air dress'd I will creep into her breast ; Flush her cheek, and...her eyes, — • When they sparkle most she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breath, — Comfort she will breathe in death ! Father, do not strive to... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - English essays - 1829 - 426 pages
...And she is thine, Now the deadliest draught prepare. CONSUMPTION. In the dismal night air dress'd, I will creep into her breast : Flush her cheek, and...trust her eyes, — When they sparkle most, she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breath, — Comfort she will breathe in death ! Father, do not strive to... | |
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I will creep into her breast ; Flush her cheek, and bleach her skin, And feed on the vital fire within. Lover, do not trust her eyes, — • When they sparkle most she dies ! Mother, do not trust her breath, — Comfort she will breathe in death ! Father,... 
