 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 páginas
...example may be seen in the beautiful little poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's picture : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'dthy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begin ? I hear'd... | |
 | 1835 - 440 páginas
...afterwards, on the receipt of her portrait from a relation in Norfolk :— " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ! Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even men, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 páginas
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A 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 thy sorrowing son, Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 páginas
...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 páginas
...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; "I Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile !-^it answers... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 páginas
...for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother I when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 páginas
...poignantly, and he has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...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. 1 heard... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 páginas
...those dear eyes, (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt. a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah,... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 páginas
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learnt 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 smile... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 páginas
...beautiful and much admired lines on his mother's picture, there is the following pathetic remark : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast 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 ? In dwelling... | |
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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 smile!... 
