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" 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 182
by William Cowper - 1826
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The Utica Christian Magazine, Volume 1

1814 - 496 pages
...And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A lon£, 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 I but mect thec on that peaceful shore. The parting sound shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, griev'd...
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Poems

William Cowper, M'Nicoll - 1815 - 728 pages
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...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...gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I hut meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved...
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Poems,

William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...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 a sound unknown. May I hut meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound...
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The minor poems of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...toll'd on thy burial diiy, 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!...It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells arc a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple

William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...bliss — C. 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...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Part 1

William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pages
...bliss— s. 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 thou...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, f saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry win low, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was — where thou...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1821 - 556 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?— It was.— Where...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 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 from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such? — It was — where...
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