 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 Seiten
...Shall steep me in 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 thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...those dear eyes, (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim 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 1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt. a kiss ; Perhaps a tear,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 Seiten
...poignantly, and he has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. 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 1 Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss, Perhaps a tear,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 Seiten
...for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother I when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou...Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 Seiten
...beautiful and much admired lines on his mother's picture, there is the following pathetic remark : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? In dwelling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 Seiten
...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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; "I Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile !-^it answers — Yes.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 Seiten
...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...Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; "1 Perhaps a... | |
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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,... 
