 Look at her garments Clinging like cerements; Whilst the wave constantly Drips from her clothing; Take her up instantly, Loving, not loathing,— Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; ' Not of the stains of her— All...  The Works of Thomas Hood - Page 143by Thomas Hood - 1864Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...can read it without tenderness, without rev1 THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. " Drowned ! Drowned !"— HAMLET. One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate...her death. Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; erence to Heaven, charity to man, and thanks to the beneficent genius which sang for us so nobly... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...pathetic compositions. It will go straight to every heart. It is a poem to befelt, not coldly criticised. ONE more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements ; Whilst... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...brink of it. Picture it — think of it, Dissolute man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Ere her limbs frigidly Stiffen too rigidly, Decently, kindly, — Smooth and compose them. And her... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...as whisper in the ear. The place is Haunted ! THE BEIDGE OF SIGHS. -'Drown'd! drown'd!" — HAMLRT. ONE more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...her death ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! Look at her garments Clinging like cerements ; Whilst... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...here ? Let the poet answer, singing to such few auditors as resemble himself the Bridge of Sighs, " One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate,...death ! " Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair ! " Touch her not scornfully ; Think of her mournfully,... | |
 | University magazine - 1854 - 788 pages
...sorrow, told with such inimitable pathos by Hood— " One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Eashly importunate, Gone to her death ! " Take her up tenderly,...with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair ! " Cross her hand» humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! " Owning her weakness, Her evil... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...can read it without tenderness, without rev. 1 THE BRIDGE OF SIOHS. " Drowned ! Drowned !"— HAMLET. One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate...her death Take her up tenderly. Lift her with care ; tjrence to Heaven, charity to man, and thanKs tn the beneficent genius which sang for us so nobly... | |
 | 1854 - 380 pages
...history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere, Ont of the world ! * * . * Take her up tenderly— Lift her with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair ! The artist has shown a complete sympathy with the touching description of the poet, and has embodied... | |
 | 1878 - 876 pages
...a comic mask and a lyre. On the sides are illustrations in metal of two passages in his poems. One: "Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care, Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair." The other : " 'Twas in the prime of summer-time, An evening calm and cool, And four and twenty happy... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American fiction - 1854 - 482 pages
...cold, black sea ! " One more unfortunate Gone to her death, Rashly importunate, Yielded up breath ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair." Percy had left her feeling that she had borne the stroke better than he expected, and was looking forward... | |
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