 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 Seiten
...mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then,...journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss-j Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bli«s — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 Seiten
...mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then,...journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.... Ah that maternal smile ! it answers.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 Seiten
...mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, ay, 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 gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; ~\ Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 Seiten
...mother ! when I learned that thou wast deadi 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 gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ;-. Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — s• Ah that maternal... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 Seiten
...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss...heard the bell toll'd 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 Seiten
...MOTHER ! when I learned that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou 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 me, though unseen, a kiss ; terhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah that maternal smile... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 Seiten
...shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, , ; Wretch even then, life's journey just hegun?. Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in hliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the hell toll'd on thy hurial day, I... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 Seiten
..."My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed! Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch, even then,...journey just begun. Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss i Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah that maternal smile, it answers, yes.... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...-Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st roe, though unfelt, a kiss ; "t Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— > Ah that maternal smile ! it answers— Yes. J I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, J saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 Seiten
...thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wiug son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun?...heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window drew A long, long sigh, and wept... | |
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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? 
