...plain, Perhaps, that mourner weeps her warrior slain. Bends o'er her babe, her eyes o'erwhelm'd with dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew,...future years — The child of misery baptized in tears. Langhorn. 23 Stricta gelu, lacrymisque madens, post prœlia, mater Infantem tenero dum fovet alma sinu,...

...hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, ber eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the «ad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized in tears.' Burns seemed much affected...

...Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, Tbc big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave tbe , and consuming fire, as lightning, lurks in the drops...summer cloud. He has a consonance, in his bosom, for ev 1er, the ideas which it suggested to his mind. actually shed tears. He asked whose the s were, and...

...hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the...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...

...soldier dew ; The big drops, mingling with the milk slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years,— The child of misery baptised in lean." The last line is one of the most beautiful and pathetic in our own poetry, or in...

...hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew ; The big drops mingling with the...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...

...hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew ; The big drops mingling with the...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...

...or Minden 's plain, 1'crhaps that parent mourned her soldier slain ; I5f nt o'er her babe, her eye lace : I have not long to live, and shall be unhappy except I s (¡ave toe sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptised in tears. This allusion to...

...hills or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourned her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye ambers Cave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptised in tears. Thi« allusion to...

...to have seen the child !" and the widow wept bitterly over the infant as it nestled in her bosom. " The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave...of his future years ; The child of misery, baptized with tears." * * * * * * A boy of twelve years old, hurried on a Saturday afternoon, in July, 17Ü4,...