 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 Seiten
...poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's picture : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wasj 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 ? I hear'd the bell, toll'd /oh thy burial day, I saw the'hearse,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...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 T Hover*d thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son. Wretch even then, life's journey just beguu ? Perhaps... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 416 Seiten
...of Covvper, on the receipt of his mother's picture : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast d6ad, 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 ? I hear'd the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw {he hearse,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1830 - 364 Seiten
...them an unequivocally plaintive character, until it is distinctly marked. 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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 Seiten
...them an unequivocally plaintive character, until it is distinctly marked. 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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned {hat 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 thou... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 Seiten
...following sentences then be read with a conspicuously plaintive expression. My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I ehed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son ? Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps... | |
 | 1832 - 406 Seiten
...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 thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiti , Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss, Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...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,...Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; ^ Perhaps a tear,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 Seiten
...example may be seen in the beautiful little poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's picture : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing s6n, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? I hear'd the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw... | |
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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 unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile,... 
