 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
 | James Wilson - Biography - 1838 - 372 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...! life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. My mother, when I learn'd that then wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I...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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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 shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...while that face renews my filial grief, But gladly, as the precept were her own : Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...gladly, as the preeept 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,...dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed t Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wreteh even then, life's journey just begun ! Perhaps... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...dirk Surround me So in the beautiful little poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's pictureMy mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? I heard the bell toll•d on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...how distinct they say, " Grieve not my child ! chase all thy fears away !" My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 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,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 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,...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 ? Perbaps... | |
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