 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast deadi 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 unseen, a kiss ;-. Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. ly mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, ay, 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 unseen, a kiss ; ~\ Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thon conscious of the tears I shed : Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just hegun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that tbou 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 thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...in Elysian reverie, A 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 thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...receipt of her portrait from a relation in Norfolk:— " My mother ! when I learned 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 begun1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.. My mother I when I learned 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 unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1830 - 360 pages
...sentences then be read with a conspicuously plaintive expression. My mother, when I learned 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 unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...thou art she. My Mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears 1 shed ! Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretched e'en then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kin ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned {hat 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 gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps... | |
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My mother ! when I learned 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... 
