 But gladly, as the precept were her own: And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...  Variety, Or, Selections and Essays: Consisting of Anecdotes, Curious Facts ... - Strana 158podľa Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - Počet stránok 207Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Sullivan Hardy Weston - 1841 - Počet stránok 52
...gloom For that celestial light ? Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells. EXAMPLE 3.—Sorrow. My Mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? I heard... | |
 | 1876 - Počet stránok 516
...ever read Cowper's deeply pathetic lines on the receipt of his mother's picture without tears — " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I sh«d ?" But I need not quote lines so familiar. The phrase in Psalm xxxv. 14, is very expressive —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Počet stránok 240
...while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, } A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er... | |
 | William Jones - 1842 - Počet stránok 294
...in that blissful haven, ' where tempests never beat, nor billows roar.' ' My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the...shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, When endless joys with thee had just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - Počet stránok 314
...relief6 — Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream, that thou art she. ' 3. My Mother !a when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 316
...earth to me, I will name my mother's grave. There I stand chastened, subdued, penitent and humbled. " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1843 - Počet stránok 352
...poignantly, and Le has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing- son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1843 - Počet stránok 358
...poignantly, and \>e has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 184
...wrought ; Thus, on its sounding anvil, shaped Each burning deed and thought. LONGFELLOW. TO HIS MOTHER. MY mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Thy maidens... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 738
...Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief; Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, tbat Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun | I Perhaps... | |
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