 There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2811817Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 272 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee— but now — " He hung his head — each...slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'or him and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whoso benign, redeeming flow... | |
 | James Burke - 1859 - 166 pages
...young and happy, pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee ; but now"— He hung his head—each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept—he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When young, and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1860 - 782 pages
...— but now — " He himg his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept I г m boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him. and he wept — he wept ! ВЫ lean of soul-felt penitence I Ь whose benign, redeeming flow 1- t'tli the first, the only sense... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 778 pages
...— " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply puro as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thce — but now"— He hung his head — each nobler aim,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...ROGERS. Sweet tears! the awful language, eloquent Of infinite affection; far too big For words. POLLOK. He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope, and feeling,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept, he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...the mild expression of Ghell gohnnwn ghell; or, Como, dear, follow me.'* — AARON HILL'S Travels. From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! ' There was a time,' he said, in mild Heart-humbled tones, —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! ' 5. The historical poem is a metrical narrative of public events, extending over a period more or... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When young, and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When young and haply pure as thou, 1 look'd and pray'd like thee — but now " — He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
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