 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 354 Seiten
...will show : — TO MARY. " The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 Seiten
...comfort. I question if any language on earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past Since...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 Seiten
...It is addressed to Mrs. Unwin. No language can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low. My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 460 Seiten
...same resource to prove, And may ye, sometimes landing here, Instruct us how to love ! June, 1793. TU MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 Seiten
...in Olney but with the highest respect and veneration." The poem was written .11 the autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee. low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 464 Seiten
...The same resource to prove, And may ye, sometimes landing here, Instruct us how to love ! June, 1793. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since...sky was overcast ; Ah ! would that this might be the lastl My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that... | |
 | 1835 - 440 Seiten
...seemed rathet to augment it, as the following beautiful poem, written about this time, will show: — TO MARY. " The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow; I see thee daily... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 Seiten
...are still current among the peasantry of that coast East Lothian Journal. VERSES TO MRS MARY UNWIX. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would lhat thia might be our last ! My Mary. Thy np'rits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 378 Seiten
...he questioned whether any language on earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 446 Seiten
...It is addressed to Mrs. Unwin. No language can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For ray sake restless... | |
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Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more; My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds... 
