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... Poems - Page 182by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
| 1801 - 530 pages
...sorrowing son, \Vretch^iiW;n rtjfn, life's journey just begun? I heard tne beffloll'd on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A longj Jong sigh, and wept it last adieu. But was it such r It was ! — Where thou art gone, Adieus... | |
| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...bli«s — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nure'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...in bliss.... 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...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 but meet thee... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 456 pages
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| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...— s• 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 my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such r — it was. — Where... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...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 ! But was it such I — It was — Where... | |
| Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...in bliss— 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 my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? — It was. — Where... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...toll'd on thy hurial day, I saw the hearse, that hore thee slow away, And, turning from my iiurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I hut meet thee on that peaceful shore. The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...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...nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adien ! But was it such I— It was.— Where thou art gone Adiens and farewells are a sound unknown.... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...in bliss — 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...! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gqne Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting... | |
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