 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 thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss : Perhaps a tear, if...  The Poems of William Cowper - Page 407by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. I will obey, not willingly alone, My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...precept were her own : Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...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... | |
 | James Wilson - Biography - 1838 - 372 pages
...both father and mother, saw them sewed up in the same hammock, and committed to a watery grave ! " My mother, when I learned that thou wast 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 ? Perhaps... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...years, to those of an eternity. LESSON CIX. My Mother's Picture.—COWPER. My mother, when I learn'd that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed I Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Robert Southey - Hymn writers - 1839 - 352 pages
...poignantly, and he has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss, Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. 1 heard the bell tolled... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...[ABRIDGED.] Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not nay child ! chase all thy fears away!" My mother ! when I learned that thou wast 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. Perhaps... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, 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 ? * * * * * 4 Perhaps thou gavest me, unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss—... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...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 ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same. My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast 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 ? Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...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 ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
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