 Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather by the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's,...  Essay on Burns - Page 54by Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 84 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Langhorne - 1802 - 310 pages
...slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her e) e dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade... | |
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child...rather by the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actuallv shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...slain j Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years— The child of Misery, baptiz'd in tears. THE BALLOON. SO on the shoreless air th' intrepid Gaul Launch'd the vast concave... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! GYPSIES. FROM THE SAME. THE gypsy-race my pity rarely move ; Yet their strong thirst... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 278 pages
...slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptized in tears! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade. While yet the palms... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pages
...slain; Bent o'er her babe , her eye dissolved in dew , The big drops mingling wilh the milk he drew , Gave the sad presage of his future years , The child of Misery , baptized in tears ! » — I cannot account for the momentary inspiration , by which one, who is in general an affected... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...slain : Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolv'd in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptiz'd in tears ! O Edward, here thy fairest laurels fade ! And thy long glories darken into shade.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...slain— Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child...Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child...Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and... | |
 | 1828 - 268 pages
...yean, The child of misery baptised in tears.' ' Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind; He actually...whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that tliey occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising... | |
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