death-dew

Dawn saw not the death-dew on the marble brow, nor heeded the passing breath.

Dawn Harriet A. Adams

No mother's hand wiped the cold death-dew from her brow; no kind voice whispered hope and consolation.

Choice Readings for the Home Circle Anonymous

I found that it came from a man lying further forward, on whose face the death-dew was standing, yet I could perceive no wound.

Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages Anonymous

And he, the great, gruff and mighty Ursa Major, listened to all their woes, caring for them in sickness, wiping the death-dew from their foreheads, wearing crape upon his sleeve for them when dead.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

The light faded from his eyes, and the death-dew had gathered on his brow.

Behind the scenes, 1907

For if she could have had the wits she would have felt at the time the death-dew on his face.

Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Maurice Hewlett 1892

Afterwards the book had irresistible charms for him, from the first page whereon his old friend, Mr. Bell Scott, has vigorously etched Severn's drawing of the once redundant locks of rich hair, dank and matted over the forehead cold with the death-dew, down to the last line of the letterpress.

Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Hall Caine 1892

She wiped the death-dew from his face, from which the soot had been washed with water from the stream, and moistened his lips with a cordial.

The Art of Disappearing John Talbot Smith 1889

And he, the great, gruff and mighty Ursa Major, listened to all their woes, caring for them in sickness, wiping the death-dew from their foreheads, wearing crape upon his sleeve for them when dead.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885

The light faded from his eyes, and the death-dew had gathered on his brow.

Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley 1862