 I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown...  The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Страница 12написао/ла British anthology - 1825Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1841 - 592 страница
...it such ? It was. Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thce on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! " As we advanced from infancy to youth, how many hours, subtracted from personal ease, have been... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 страница
...A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu !f But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gon«, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet...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... | |
 | 1842 - 622 страница
...A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! .But was it such ? It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word will pass my lips no more! • » • Thus many a sad to-morrow сзгае and went, Till all my stock... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 страница
...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...expectation every day beguiled', Dupe of to-morrow even trom a child': Thus many a ssd to-morrow came and went', Till', all my stock of infant sorrow spent',... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1842 - 300 страница
...enjoy the sweet anticipation, as your tears bedew her grave— My Mother!—where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more. The claims of a parent being such as we have described, no defect... | |
 | William Jones - 1842 - 294 страница
...A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—it was.—Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more ! '" Of the death of his relatives, Mr. Jones has left only the preceding... | |
 | 1843 - 368 страница
...Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved...promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd, Wong believed, And, disappointed still, A^S still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe... | |
 | 1843 - 184 страница
...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...gave me promise of thy quick return ; What ardently I wished, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived j By expectation every day beguiled,... | |
 | 1843 - 316 страница
...drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown, 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... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 460 страница
...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... | |
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