Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon... The Lady of the Lake: A Poem - Page 46by Walter Scott - 1848 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1813 - 682 pages
...With less of earth in them than Heav'n ; And, if there he a human tear, From passion's dioss irrn'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an aneel's eliPi-k, Tis that which piiiu« paient» shed Upon their duteo'is children's Ui-adl—ScoM.... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1912 - 662 pages
...• With less of earth in them than heaven; But if there he a human tear From passion's drop* refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not itain an angel's cheek, Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. LADY of THE... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so...Such holy drops her tresses steep'd, Though 'twas an hero's eye that weep'd. Nor while on Ellen's faultering tongue Her filial welcomes crowded hung,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so...Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep' d, Though 'twas an hero's eye that weep'd. Nor while on Ellen's faultefing tongue Her filial... | |
| 1811 - 872 pages
...them than heaven ; And il' there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear to limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's...daughter's head! And as the Douglas to his breast HU darling EHen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresnes stecp'd, Though 'twas au hero's rye that... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...heaven; And if thercbca hniuan tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid andio meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! P. 73. In the last verse of this Ballad of Edwin and Emma, it is said, " She shiver'd, sigh'd, and... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 484 pages
...feelings are to mortals given " With less of earth in them than heaven : " And if there be a human tear, " From passion's dross refined and clear, " A tear so...and so meek, " It would not stain an angel's cheek — " "Pis that which pious fathers shed " Upon a duteous daughter's head!"* This effusion of paternal... | |
| Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. W. Scott's Lady of the Lake. GLEE for Five Voices. T. WELSH. SOFT and sweet, yon blushing rose In the... | |
| 1855 - 782 pages
...feelings arc to mortal- given. With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear — A tear...limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek — Til that which pious fathers shed Vpon a duteous daughter's head I " What would you have said,... | |
| Frances Brooke - 1818 - 250 pages
...priest's, as the song says." CHAPTER XX. And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear— A tear so limpid and so meek, It would...angel's cheek ; 'Tis that which pious fathers shed a duteous daughter's head. LADY or THE LAKE. T HAT day which had nineteen times been passed at Ballinamoyle... | |
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