Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! 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... The Ladies' Repository - Seite 161857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1806 - 226 Seiten
...— Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such I — It was — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 Seiten
...Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. J I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such r — it was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May... | |
| Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 Seiten
...Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy 'burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...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. May... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 Seiten
...smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the hell tolled on thy hurial day, I saw the hearse, that hore thee slow away. And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and w«pt a last adieu ! But was it such ? — it was. — Where thou art gone Adiens and farewells are... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 240 Seiten
...I heard the hell tolled on thy hurial day, I saw the hearse, that hore thee slow away, And, taming 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. May... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 Seiten
...Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes. \ I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...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. May I... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 Seiten
...Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes. \ I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial diiy, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such? — It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells arc a sound unknown. May I... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 Seiten
...— Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from...nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adien ! But was it such ? — it was. — Where thou art gone Adiens and farewells are a sound unknown.... | |
| 1834 - 614 Seiten
...h«ard the bells tollM on thy burial day ; 1 saw the hearse that bore tbee slow away ; And, taming from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! Thus many a sad to-morrow came and wont. Till, all my stock of infant Borrows spent, I learn M at... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 Seiten
...bliss— Ah that maternal smile! it answers— Yes. I heard the bell tnll'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, HIK! wept a last adien l But was it such ? — It was.— Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells... | |
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