Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream,... Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ... - Página 371editado por - 1827Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. I will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own ; And, while that face renews...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... | |
| Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 906 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own: And, while that face renews...momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long,1 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as ou then so much more Than they who sowed, that thou...? Nay, come up hither. From this wavewashed mound »o My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead* Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered... | |
| Henry Neumann - 1926 - 272 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast... | |
| Edwin S. George - 1926 - 302 páginas
...mother when I learnt of that thou wast dead. 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 unfelt, a kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
| William Cowper - 1926 - 38 páginas
...artlefs fong, Affectionate, a mother loft fo long. I will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own ; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy mail weave a charm for my relief — Shall fteep me in Elyfian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou... | |
| Hastings Rashdall - 1877 - 596 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews...even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile!... | |
| Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 páginas
...artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, 15 But gladly, as ," 15 And Phyllis, hanging for thy Demophoun, And...neyther boost nc soun11; Nor Ypermistre or Adriane, 20 My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered... | |
| Daniel Wolford La Rue - 1927 - 464 páginas
...My Mother's Picture," beginning with the words, "Oh that those lips had language." In it, he says : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. He then, in fancy, lives over his childhood, speaking to the picture as if it were his mother. Do you... | |
| 1927 - 658 páginas
...My mother! when I learnt that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered 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 —... | |
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