 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...if souls can weep in bliss— r Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd 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 — where thou art gone Adiens... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...thou wast dead, Say wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Perhaps thou gavest me unseen a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss—. Ah ! that maternal smile, it answers — yes. " But I must stop here ; it is an easier task to sympathize with the poet, than to express at second... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...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...— Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...sorrowing. son, Wretch oven then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'it me, though unfelt, a kiss, Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— , Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I hoard th«betl toll'd on thy burial day, Vol. II. 16 I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...just begun1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps a tear, if souls cnn weep in bliss ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee far away. And, turning from my nursery-window, drew A long, Ipng sigh, and wept a last adieu I But... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...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 ! it answers—Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. 1 heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, Vol. II. 16 I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was — where... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah,...maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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 ! it answers—Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah...slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was — Where thou art gone, Adieus... | |
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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. 
