 | William Cowper - 1836 - 462 páginas
...sometimes landing here, Instruct us how to love ! June, 1793. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah ! would that this might be the last! My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress »that brought thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 páginas
...quotation is long, but excellence never requires any apology. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah ! would...; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 382 páginas
...earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 páginas
...free, Since I received him as a gift from thee. TO MARY. Autumn 1/1793. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky .was overcast ; Ah would...— Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 380 páginas
...earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no... | |
 | William Smyth - 1840 - 446 páginas
...the word " my?" says Mr. Godwin. You remember Cowper's poem to Mrs. Unwin in the decline of life: " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary." And he goes on with words and pronouns, ending as he supposes each stanza in the most emphatic manner,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 358 páginas
...thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 páginas
...feelings which suggested these well-known but exquisite lines : — " The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would...spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker gruw, Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 324 páginas
...Since I receiv'd him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] THK twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that...! My Mary ' Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ' Thy needles, once a shining... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1841 - 424 páginas
...feelings which suggested these well-known but exquisite lines : — " The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might he the List ! My Mary ! " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker gn»w, 'Twas my... | |
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Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now... 
