 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...saw the liearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long si^h, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gore Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but muet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - France - 1841 - 214 pages
...bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my little window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu. But waa it such i— COWPEB. THE winter months rolled heavily over the head of the youthful prisoner. With... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 412 pages
...— Ah, that, maternal smile ! it answers 'Yes.' I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, .And, turning from...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...— Ah, that maternal smile! It answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day; I saw the " flamingo! You inex-pres-s:-ble word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Mothers - 1919 - 230 pages
...Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll - Heavenly recognition - 1919 - 326 pages
...should I see Within, save ever only thee?" WILLIAM COWPER From the "Lines to his Mother's Picture." "Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more!" IV BROTHERS AND SISTERS "If we do not know ourselves we most certainly... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1921 - 506 pages
...bliss. Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day; I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away; And, turning from...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - Children - 1921 - 396 pages
...toll'd on thy burial day, 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 meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 526 pages
...Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? "MY MOTHER!" And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long,...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | John Drinkwater - Literature - 1923 - 528 pages
...The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; ... I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! . . . Cowper suffered from hysteria, and was for a while shut up in a private asylum. After his recovery,... | |
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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. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.... 
