 IT was a dismal and a fearful night: Scarce could the Morn drive on th' unwilling light, When sleep, death's image, left my troubled breast By something liker death possessed.  The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 48by Abraham Cowley - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 264 pages
...''. ;•"• My eyes with tears did uncommanded flowy . And on my foul hung the dull weight OF fome intolerable fate. What bell was that ? Ah me ! too much I know. 2. My fweet companion, and my gentle peer, Why haft thou left me thus unkindly here, Thy end for ever,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1777 - 266 pages
...death, poffeft. My eyes with tears did uncommanded flowj And on my foul hung the dull weight Of fome intolerable fate. What bell was that ? Ah me ! too much I know* My fweet companion, and my gentle peer, Why haft thou left me thus unkindly herej Thy end for ever, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 pages
...fate* What bell was that ? ah me 1 too much I know. My fweet companion, and 'my gentle peer, Hvhy haft thou. left me thus unkindly here,. Thy end for ever, and my life, to moan ? O, thou haft left me aH alone ! Thy foul and body, when Death's agony Befieg'd around thy noble heart, Did... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...death poffeft. My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow, And on my foul hung the dull weight Of fome intolerable fate. What bell was that ? ah me ! too much I know, VOL. VII. K My My fweet companion, and my gentle peer, Why haft thou left me thus unkindly here. Thy... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...death poSelsM : My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow, And on my foul hung the dull weight Of fome intolerable fate. What bell was that ? Ah me ! too much I know. n. My fweet Companion! and my gentle Peer! Why haft thou left me thus unkindly here, Thy end for ever,... | |
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1799 - 640 pages
...darkness of night closed the whole in horrid uncertainty : " It was a dismal and a fearful night ; And on my soul hung the dull weight Of some intolerable fate !" COWLCT. Being on deck soon after day-break, on the 6th of November, I observed a different effeft... | |
 | William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1804 - 292 pages
...an autumnal Night closed the whole in horrid uncertainty : " It was a dismal and a fearful Night ; o And on my Soul hung the dull weight Of some intolerable fate!" COWLKY. PAGE 64. 1. I?. But here the doubtfuL Officers dispute— This is particularly mentioned, not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...hung the dull weight Of some intolerable fate. What bell was that? ah me! too muc-h I know. My swee; companion, and my gentle peer, Why hast thou left...thus- unkindly here, Thy end for ever, and my life, to tnoan? O, thou hast left me all alone ! Thy soul and body, when death's ngony Bcsieg'd around thy noble... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...unwilling When sleep, death's image, left my troubled breast, By something liker death possess'd. My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow, And on my soul hung the dull weight i Of some intolerable fate. What bell was that? ah m'e! too much I know. My sweet companion, and my... | |
 | James Boaden - 1829 - 340 pages
...unwilling light, When Sleep, death's image, left my troubled breast, By something liker death possest. My eyes with tears did uncommanded flow, And on my soul...fate. What bell was that ?—Ah me ! too much I know. 2. My sweet companion, and my gentle Peere, Why hast thou left me thus unkindly here, Thy end for ever,... | |
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