...years since, has not in the least abated." And he penned the following lines on that occasion : — " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps ihougav'si me, though unit It. a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souts can weep in bliss — Ah,...

...Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. (1. 1—2) 10 My Mother! when I learnt on of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls...hither, (1. 161-164) 83 let the young Lambs bound A (1. 7—10) 1 1 I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,...

...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...