 Thou mild, sad mother, waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? O, thou wast born...  The Borderers: A Tale - Page 67by James Fenimore Cooper - 1829Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...and wo." Thou mild, sad mother — waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines toward him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? O, thou wast born for things of love ; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thcu look'st on.... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 pages
...sleep. Thy last, low, melancholy ray Thou mild, sad mother—waning moon, Shines toward him.—Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? Whate'er theu look'st on. Hosts above, Burn softer:—earth, in silvery veil, seems heaven.— Thou... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1833 - 508 pages
...LXXIV. Thou mild, sad mother — waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay! Despair...With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now? LXXV. O, thou wast born for things of love; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st on.... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1833 - 508 pages
...woe." LXXIV. Thou mild, sad mother—waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. — Quit him not so soon! Mother, in mercy, stay! Despair...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? LXXV. O, thou wast born for things of love; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 pages
...mother — waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him. Quit him not so soon ! Motber, in mercy, stay ! Despair and death are with him ;...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? It was once our lot to enter a clergyman's study, and pick up & loose paper of broken sentences,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1833 - 448 pages
...throughout the extensive range of the dwellings and the offices. CHAPTER IV. Thou mild, sad mother — Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? " Quit him not so soon ! Mother, in mercy, stay ! DAN*. precautions were taken the females returned... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...and wo. " Thou mild, sad mother — waning moon, Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines toward him. — Quit him not so soon ! Mother, in mercy, stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou, Wth that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? 0, thou wast born for things of love ; Making more... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1835 - 390 pages
...moulder in its socket throughout the extensive range of the dwellings and the offices. CHAPTER XIV. Thou mild, sad mother — Quit him not so soon ! Mother,...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? " WHEN these precautions were taken, the females returned to their several look-outs, and Ruth, whose... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1836 - 264 pages
...moulder in its socket, throughout the extensive range of the dwellings and the offices. CHAPTER XIV. "Thou mild, sad mother — Quit him not so soon !...thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ?" DANA. WHEN these precautions were taken, the females returned to their several look-outs; and Ruth,... | |
 | 1839 - 430 pages
...mild, sad mother, waning moon Thy last, low, melancholy ray Shines towards him.—Quit him not so soon! Despair and death are with him; and canst thou, With that kind, earthward look, go leave him now ? Mother, in mercy, stay! O, thou wast born for things of love; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er... | |
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