"Coffinless" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... keeper?" Long ago, When first the human heart-strings felt the touch Of Death's cold fingers—when upon the earth Shroudless and coffinless Death's first-born lay, Slain by the hand of violence, the wail Of human grief arose:—"My son, my son! Awake thee from this strange and awful sleep; A mother mourns thee, and her tears of grief Are falling on thy pale, unconscious brow; Awake and ...
— The Canadian Elocutionist • Anna Kelsey Howard |
