| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 Seiten
...and slow " movement," are the chief characteristics of the style of reading required in this piece.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; — Ah 1 would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow; I see thee daily weaker... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 Seiten
...anew, And, steep'd not now in rain, But in Castalian streams Tjy you, Will never fade again. 1903. 653 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,... | |
| Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 412 Seiten
...his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left. TO MARY The twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1116 Seiten
...And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. 47/0 My Mary ' I 'HE twentieth year is wellnigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would...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,... | |
| Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 Seiten
...his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left. TO MARY The twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last I My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1921 - 626 Seiten
...enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.1 To MARY. The twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Maryt Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought... | |
| Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 488 Seiten
...as the brighter years of their companionship had failed to inspire : The twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would that this might be the last, My Mary I Life. II, 328-9, and Poetical Works of Cowper, ed. HS Milford, 1907, p. 421. 1 V. infra, vol. II.... | |
| Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 492 Seiten
...I Life, II, 328-9, and Poetical Works of Cowper, ed. HS Milford, 1907, p. 421. i K. infra, vol. II. Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary I With the fine impressionism of the true artist, the poet... | |
| Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 524 Seiten
...shine, And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. To Mary The twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah would...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,... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 Seiten
...how much I owe To thee and Time ! -4 Bryan Waller Procter. TO MARY THE twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last! My Mary! 4 Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; T was my distress that brought thee... | |
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