 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...that thou wast dead Say, wast thou conscious of the ttars I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead 8ay, wast thou conscious of the ttars I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, Wretch even... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm 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 r!ev , Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovw'd thy spirit... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...were her owu : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd ihy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps them gavest... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that I limi art she. PART i. B 14 ON THE RECEIPT OF 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 1 Perhaps... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...were her own : And while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, 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? Perhaps thou gavest me unseen... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...were her own ; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream...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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall 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, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...afterwards, on the receipt of her portrait from a relation in Norfolk:— " 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 begun1 Perhaps thou... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...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 gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss, Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers... | |
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But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall 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,... 
