"Enshroud" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... These airy insects. Birds have ceased to sing, But twitter faintly, settling to their rest; And not a rook's caw rends the placid air. I must begone; but ere I go, will kneel To kiss this ivy—modest earthly type, That would with constant verdure grace her name, As I enshroud her memory with my love! For She has been the blessing that has nerved My strength in failing hours of blackest night, When doubts oppress and fears distract; and when Gigantic Evil's hoofs are crushing good, And pity burns in terror; ...
— My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale • Thomas Woolner
... o'er my wilder'd mind, A thraldom came which did each sense enshroud; Not that I bowed in willing chain confined, But that a soften'd atmosphere of cloud Veiled every sense—conceal'd th' impending doom. 'Twas mystic night, and I seem'd borne along By pleasing dread—and ...
— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
... bloodletting" the Union would not be "worth a rush."[131] With such unworthy levity did these leaders of sectional strife express their exultation in the prospect of the conflict, which was to drench the land with blood and enshroud thousands of ...
— The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Jefferson Davis
... night is well-nigh spent, my soul! The night is well-nigh spent; And soon above our heads shall rise A glorious firmament. A sky all clear and glad and bright, The Lamb once slain its perfect light, A star without a cloud, Whose light no mists enshroud, Descending never! ...
— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various |
