 Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater...  The Onward reciter ed. by W. Darrah - Page 33edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 pages
...thine own, O Death. THE POOR MAN'S DEATH-BED. CAROLINE BOWLES. TREAD softly ! bow the head, In reverend silence bow ! No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! how great soe'er, With lowly reverence bow ! There's one in that poor shed, One by that wretched... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...upon tin: v . The Poor Man's Death-Bed. Tread softly ! — how the head — In reverend sileare how ! No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger! — how great so e'er, With lowly reverence how! There's one in that poor nhed, One by that wretched... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...me of change and death ! THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. T - i, * , softly — bow the head— In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll — Yet...passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shedOne by that paltry bed — Greater than thou. Beneath... | |
 | Caroline Bowles Southey - Poetry - 1845 - 208 pages
...power, Dreams of the days of old. THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. TREAD softly—bow the head— In reverent silence bow— No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal...Is passing now. Stranger! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed— One by that paltry bed, Greater than thou. Beneath... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul IB passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow : There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou. Beneath that beggar's roof, Lo ! Death doth keep his state, Enter — no crowds attend — Enter — no guards defend... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...for ever ! THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. — Mrs. Southey. TEEAD softly, — bow the head, — In reverent silence bow, — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet...passing now. • Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There 's one in that poor shed, One by that paltry bed, Greater than thou. Beneath... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Tell me of change and death ! THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. TREID softly — bow the head— In reverent silence bow— No passing bell doth toll— Yet an...passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed— One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou. Beneath... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...love. CRABBE. THE POOR MAN'S DEATH BED. BY CAROLINE SOUTHEY. Tread softly— bow the headIn reverent silence bow! No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! how great soe'er, With lowly reverence bow .' There's one in that poor shed, One by that wretched... | |
 | Bits - Anthologies - 1847 - 88 pages
...demon to possess him.—Tom Brown. THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. Tread softly—bow the head— In reverent silence bow— No passing bell doth toll— Yet an...Is passing now. Stranger! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed— One by that paltry bed— Greater than thou. Beneath... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...Pauper's Death-bed. — MRS. SOUTHBY. TREAD softly — bow the head — In reverent silence how — No passing bell doth toll — Yet an immortal soul...passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence how; There's one in that poor shedOne by that paltry bed — Greater than thou. Beneath that... | |
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