 | William Gifford - 1800 - 222 pages
...friend to weep my fate, " Without a stone to tell my name." WRITTEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING. " I wish I was where ANNA lies ; " For I am sick of...! For when she died " I lost my all ; and life has prov'd " Since that sad hour a dreary void, " A waste unlovely, and unlov'd. — " But who, when I... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1802 - 610 pages
...Tlie true and exquisite feeling of Mr. Gifford's poem is not perhaps to be paralleled— ' I wisri I Was where Anna lies; For I am sick of lingering here!' When Dorimene died, the poet's soul was like the world when the sun leaves it; neither the river nor... | |
 | Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 204 pages
...Without a friend to weep my fate, Without a stone to tell my name. WRITTEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING. I WISH I was where ANNA lies ! For I am sick of lingering...could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has prov'd Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unlov'd.^ But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...YEAKS AFTER THE PRECEDING. Jl WISH I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of ling'ring here ; And ev'ry hour affection cries, Go, and partake her humble bier....! for when she died \ I lost my all ; and life has prov'd Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unlov'd. But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...beyond the reach of fate. ELEGY. W. GIF FORD. I WISH I was where Anna liesj For I am sick of ling'iing here : And every hour affection cries, Go and partake...could ! for when she died I lost my all; and life has prov'd Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unlov'd. But who, when I am turn'd to... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...simple, beautiful, and affecting stanzas ; which rank with the best productions of our elegiac poetry : " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...affection cries, ' Go and partake her humble bier.' Cfiapt I, South Andley-street ; but his friend Dr. Ireland* procured his consent to have his body I... | |
 | Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - 972 pages
...prevailed upon to stop for a day or two, after the fatigues of her voyage. CHAPTER XXXVIII. " I wish I were where Anna lies ! For I am sick of lingering here...died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that dread hour, a dreary void, — A waste unlovely and unloved !" GlFFOBD. THE interest which I took in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 480 pages
...these " wild strains"* said to be " Written two j-ears after the preceding." ECCE ITERUM CRISPIKUS. "1 wish I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of lingering...could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has prov'd Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unlov'd. "But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...these " wild strains'"* said to be " Written two years after the" preceding." ECCE ITEHUM CRISPINUS. " I wish I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of lingering...Affection cries, Go, and partake her humble bier. • " How oft, O Dart ! what time the faithful pair Walk'd forth, the fragrant hour of eve to share,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1825 - 482 pages
..."wild strains"* said to be '•'•Written two years after the preceding." ECCE ITF.RUM CRISPIKUS. "I wish I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of lingering...every hour Affection cries, Go, and partake her humble hier. "I wish I could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has prov'd Since that sad hour a... | |
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I WISH I was where ANNA lies ! For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour affection cries ' Go, and partake her humble bier... 
