 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 דפים
...dirk Surround me So in the beautiful little poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's pictureMy mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...the tears I shed? Hover•d thy spirit o•er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? I heard the bell toll•d on thy burial... | |
 | Hastings Rashdall - 1877 - 596 דפים
...were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest, though unfelt, a kiss;... | |
 | 1927 - 658 דפים
...bidst me honour with an artless song, affectionate, a mother lost so long. My mother! when I learnt that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 דפים
...were her own: And while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, — eth of your trouthe neyther boost nc soun11; Nor Ypermistre or Adriane, 20 My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered... | |
 | Daniel Wolford La Rue - 1927 - 464 דפים
...it, he says : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. He then, in fancy, lives over his childhood, speaking to the picture as if it were his mother. Do you... | |
 | 1923 - 748 דפים
...distinct they say, "Grieve not, my child — chase all thy fears away!" . . My Mother! when I learnt that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | 1854 - 1184 דפים
...least abated." And he penned the following lines on that occasion : — " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 דפים
...Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. (1. 1—2) 10 My Mother! when I learnt on of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight o Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son. Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? (1. 7—10)... | |
 | Sandra M Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Diana Ohehir - 1995 - 386 דפים
...were her own; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief — Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,...conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen,... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 דפים
...were her own; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief— Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. 20 My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears 1 shed? Hover'd... | |
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But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,... 
