I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Poems - Strana 241podľa William Cowper - 1806Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - Počet stránok 396
...mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - Počet stránok 526
...Greeks hoped to go at their death. 336 My mother ! when I learned that them wast dead, Say, wast them conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit...son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? "MY MOTHER!" And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - Počet stránok 942
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn t that thou wast dead ~ [ unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — • Ah, that maternal smile ! It answers... | |
| John Drinkwater - 1924 - Počet stránok 400
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered...journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers... | |
| Carlo Formichi - 1925 - Počet stránok 518
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou war>t dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? (1) Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - Počet stránok 408
...thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hoveled thy spirit o'er thy sorrow ing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep hi bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers... | |
| Edwin S. George - 1926 - Počet stránok 302
...supplied the magic key that made her spirit speak to me. "My mother when I learnt of that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered...journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! It answers... | |
| Henry Neumann - 1926 - Počet stránok 272
...Elysian revery, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered...even then, Life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah, that maternal smile!... | |
| Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - Počet stránok 906
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered...even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1926 - Počet stránok 928
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. »o My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead* nder-drops fall on a sleeping sea : Sudden I heard...here, That I may look on thee." 124 I turning saw, thr ? 1 fifty-two years 2 He was only six when she died. Perhaps them gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss... | |
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