 | 1801 - 530 pages
...sorrowing son, \Vretch^iiW;n rtjfn, life's journey just begun? I heard tne beffloll'd on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A longj Jong sigh, and wept it last adieu. But was it such r It was ! — Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...bli«s — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nure'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.... Ah that maternal smile ! it answers. ...Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the...hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?....It was....Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...souls can weep in bliss — s• Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. J I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee...long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such r — it was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...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 thee...long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such I — It was — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 pages
...unseen, a kiss i Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah that maternal smile, it answers, yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore the slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu !... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...bliss— > Ah that maternal smile ! it answers— Yes. J I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, J saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adien ! But was it such I— It was.— Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep Ah that maternal smile ! it answers I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the...hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! /But was it such? — It was. — Where... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gqne Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such?—It was.—Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee... | |
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It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern. 
