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 hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept... Poems - Página 398por William Cowper - 1850 - 514 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1832 - 406 páginas
...Son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiti , Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss, Ah, that...— Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that lx>re thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 356 páginas
...sorrowing son ? Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss....maternal smile, it answers, yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy funeral day; I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away; And turning, from my nursery... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1832 - 360 páginas
...sorrowing son ? Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss....maternal smile, it answers, yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy funeral day ; I ,saw the hearse that bore thee slow away ; And turning, from my nursery... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 páginas
...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 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 hearse that bore thee slow away,... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...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 a tear, if souls...— > Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes ! y I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away ; And, turning... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...spirit o'er thy sorrowing son', Wretch even then', life's journey just begun'? Perhaps thou gav'st me', though unfelt', a kiss'; Perhaps a tear', if...Ah', that maternal smile'! it answers' . . . Yes'. "Herd. '-Me. «Wer. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day'; I saw the hearse that bore thee slow... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 480 páginas
...learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? I heard the bells toll'd on thy burial day ; I saw the hearse that bore thee...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu 1 Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 390 páginas
...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...maternal smile! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window,... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 páginas
...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...maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window,... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 372 páginas
...gavest me, though unseen, a kiss, Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. 1 heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu. He was old enough, too, if not to understand the greatness of his loss, to be made sensible of its... | |
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