 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pages
...I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidensf grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise...of thy quick return. What ardently I wished, I long believed,s And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled,*1 Dupe of... | |
 | 1843 - 368 pages
...me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd, Wong believed, And, disappointed still, A^S still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled,...and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, 1 learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft...believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived j By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of tomorrow even from a child. Thus many a sad tomorrow came... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1843 - 316 pages
...ardently I wished, I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By disappointment every day beguiled. Dupe of to-morrow, even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and wont. Till, all my stock of infcnt sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But though... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 460 pages
...Rus abiit, dixitque mihi, Cito laeta redibo." This is surely a finer passage than that of Cowper : " Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return." But the English poet has, perhaps, the superiority in the description of maternal cares : " Thy nightly... | |
 | 1843 - 316 pages
...May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting wonl will pass my lips no more ! * * * . • Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till all my stock of infant sorrows spent; I learned at last submission to my 4ot, Original. A SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATION. BY THE EDITOR.... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...unknown. May I hut meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft...gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...shall pass my lips no more I Thy maidens grieved themselves at ray concern, Oft gave me promise of a quick return : What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By disappointment every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more! ed to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons ol England a quick return : What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...shall pas* my lips no more I Thy maidens, grieved I hemsct VPS at my concern, Oft gave me promise of a quick return : What ardently I wished, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By disappointment every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came... | |
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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, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still... 
