 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 páginas
...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... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 páginas
...relief6 — Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream, that thou art she. ' 3. My Mother !a when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou...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,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 páginas
...later. OH that those lips had language! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard them last. My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, W retch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss, Perhaps... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1921 - 444 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1921 - 440 páginas
...Avenell Collection, Cowper Museum, Olney, No. 6. CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL DAYS. 5 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... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 396 páginas
...death. WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK 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... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 páginas
...Greeks hoped to go at their death. 336 My mother ! when I learned that them wast dead, Say, wast them conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit...son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? "MY MOTHER!" And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1924 - 400 páginas
...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,...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... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 páginas
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn t 5 6 7 ! r ~ [ Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — • Ah,... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 páginas
...in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou war>t dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed?...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? (1) Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah... | |
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Hovered 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 smile, it answers yes... 
