 Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many...  Poems - Page 293by William Cowper - 1800Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived ; By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrows spent, I learn'd at last submission... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...What ardently I wished, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant-sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus, many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived; By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow, even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...What ardently I wished, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived j By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of tomorrow even from a child. Thus many a sad tomorrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...What ardently I wished, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By expectation every day beguiled. Dupe of to-morrow even from a child, Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...What ardently I wish'd, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By disappointment i%. sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...What ardently I wished, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission... | |
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