| Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 556 σελίδες
...down upon him. In his restless sleep he seemed attempting to speak ; and at length said audibly, " Let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." These were the last words he uttered. Was his soul wandering back in dreams to the river of hjs beloved... | |
| Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 764 σελίδες
...down upon him. • In his restless sleep, he seemed attempting to speak; and at length said audibly: "Let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." These were the last words he , uttered. Was Ms soul wandering back in dreams to the river of Ms beloved... | |
| Robert Lewis Dabney - 1868 - 314 σελίδες
...kind and good as your Heavenly Father." He now became unconscious, and sank into a restless slumber. " Let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees," he was heard to murmur. They were his last words, but words how full of meaning ! They witnessed haply... | |
| 1872 - 786 σελίδες
...Yea, it was noblest and fittest and best, (Yielding to naught save his Sovereign's decrees,) There to pass over the river and rest Under the shade of the trees ! MARGARET J. PRESTON. • Written to be jet to muric. Tht Corn/till Afnfizint. LORD KILGOBBIN. CHAPTER... | |
| William Wallace Bennett - 1877 - 454 σελίδες
...fell into an unquiet sleep, in which the attendants noticed his efforts to speak; at length he said, " Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." These were the last words of Jackson. His wife, now overcome with grief, bowed down over him; her tears... | |
| Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 352 σελίδες
...Yea, it was noblest for him — it was best (Questioning naught of our Father's decrees). There to pass over the river and rest Under the shade of the trees ! MARGARET J, PRESTON. THE BLACK REGIMENT. [Port Hudson, La., June, 1863.] DARK as the clouds of even,... | |
| Francis Fisher Browne - 1886 - 362 σελίδες
...Yea, it was noblest for him — it was best (Questioning naught of our Father's decrees), There to pass over the river and rest Under the shade of the trees ! MARGARET J. PRESTON. THE BLACK REGIMENT. [Port Hudson, La., June, 1863.] DARK as the clouds of even,... | |
| Missouri. General Assembly. Senate - 1887 - 942 σελίδες
...his friends, neighbors and relatives, that a true man, friend, brother and father has been called to ''pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Resolved, 4. That a copy of this paper be properly engrossedv signed by the President and Secretary... | |
| George Cary Eggleston - 1889 - 538 σελίδες
...Stonewall Jackson were : " Let us cross the river and rest under the shade of the trees." — EDITOR.] WHAT are the thoughts that are stirring his breast? What is the mystical vision he sees ? — " I.et us pass over the river, and rest Under the shade of the trees." Has he grown sick of his... | |
| Varina Davis - 1890 - 1042 σελίδες
...believe, for myself." General Jackson died about three o'clock in the afternoon. His last words were, " Let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." All the evening before, Mr. Davis, unable to think of anything but the impending calamity, sat silent... | |
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