 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.  Poems - Page 241by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss-j Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bli«s — Ah that maternal... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.... Ah that maternal... | |
 | 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...kiss ; ~\ 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...MOTHER ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then,...kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — . Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...MOTHER ! when I learned that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then,...begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; terhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
..."My mother, when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed! Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss i Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah that maternal smile,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...sorrowing son, Wretch ev'n then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; ~) Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...mother ! when I learn'd that "iei wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss, Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah,... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...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...journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, Wretch even then, life's 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, — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the... | |
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