 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 pages
...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 - Greece - 1836 - 378 pages
...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 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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; "I Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 pages
...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... | |
 | Walter Colton - Greece - 1836 - 380 pages
...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 !... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...dead, Say, wast thou conseious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wreteh even then, life's journey just begun, ? Perhaps thou...me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls ean weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial... | |
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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... 
