 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 páginas
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 páginas
...know not what to call it, without seeming to praise myself, which is not my intention, Hover'd thv spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah,... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1836 - 378 páginas
...the event, and seem to realize afresh the irreparable loss, " My mother ! when they told me thou wert dead Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed?...thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey justTiegun'? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 páginas
...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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 páginas
...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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; "I Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 páginas
...the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim My 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 1 Perhaps... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 páginas
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learnt 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... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1836 - 380 páginas
...loss. " My mother ! when they told me thou wert dead Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 7 Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just oegunl Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss !... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 páginas
...his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My 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 1 Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 páginas
...lines on his mother's picture, there is the following pathetic remark : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? In dwelling... | |
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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 souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes... 
