 Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall wave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...  The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ... - Page 433by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 362 pages
...feel confidence, and who could feel sympathy with him, is manifest from the following lines : — " My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? — Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at... | |
 | William Jones - 1842 - 294 pages
...that she has safely arrived in that blissful haven, ' where tempests never beat, nor billows roar.' ' My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, When endless joys with thee had just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...gladly, as the precept were her own : And while that face renews my filial grief, K;mcy shall weave y, and some of his 'lamentable doggerel' falling into the hands of Mr Cookesley, learned that thou wast dead, S:iy, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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,...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I leam'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...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,...momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that (hou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed f Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, § ay, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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,...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I sned ? Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...It— ie the meek intelligence, &c. And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie,...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious1 of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...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...bliss : Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. 2. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day • I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away ; And, turning... | |
 | Ravensdale - 1845 - 262 pages
...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—yes." COWPEB. THE next morning, as Lord Mowbray entered the breakfast-room, he found Emily... | |
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