 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 trang
...Her voice is terrible though soft, And dread of death ensues. Cowper. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed t Id. Throned in the vaulted heart his dread resort, Inexorable Comcience holde his court, With still... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1830 - 360 trang
...an unequivocally plaintive character, until it is distinctly marked. My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears...even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah! that maternal smile,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 trang
...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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 trang
...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 sorr'wing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 trang
...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 trang
...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 T Hover*d thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son. Wretch even then, life's journey just beguu ? Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 trang
...son, Wretched e'en then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kin ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thce slow away,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 trang
...an unequivocally plaintive character, until it is distinctly marked. My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears...even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah! that maternal smile,... | |
 | 1832 - 406 trang
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast de«4 Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered...even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiti , Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss, Ah, that maternal smile... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 trang
...expression. My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I ehed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son ? Wretch,...even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah ! that maternal smile,... | |
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Hovered 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. 
