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" On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep. "
Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression - Page 28
by Sir Charles Bell - 1824 - 218 pages
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 5

Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...healing balm. And wafts them to the skies. For the Literary Magazine. TO A NEW-BORN CHILD. ON parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiPd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep. Calm thou may 'st smile, while all around thce...
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Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones, Volume 2

John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 636 pages
...pleasure, the following beautiful tetrastick, which is a literal translation from the Persian : Oil parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd : So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee...
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The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2

William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...pleafure, the following beautiful tetraftick, which is a literal tranflation from the Perfian : On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee...
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Works, Volume 2

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 554 pages
...pleafure, the following beautiful tetraftick, which is a literal tranflation from the Perfian : On parent knees, a naked, new-born child,, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...the following beautiful tetrastick, which is a. iilernl translation from the Persian :— On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd; So live, that sinking in f hy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee...
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The Poetical Note-book and Epigrammatic Museum: Containing More Than One ...

George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...Tom, thy happiness increases fast. THE NEW-BOSN BABE. From the Persian, by Sir W. Jones. On parent knees a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'tl ; So live, that, sinking in my last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, while all around thee...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 14

1829 - 488 pages
...that I think they will be acceptable to some of your fair readers for their albums. TB TO AN INFANT. ON parent's knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around the* smil'd. So live, that sinking to thy last long sleep, Calm thou may 'st smile, while all around...
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Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the ...

Richard Whately - Rhetoric - 1833 - 376 pages
...because it is wrong: " and again, in the beautiful lines, from the Arabic, by Sir W. Jones : On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smil'd ; v > - So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around...
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The Saturday Magazine ..., Volumes 4-5

1834 - 536 pages
...They may the flood of sorrow pour, And thou in smiles be drest. SIR WILLIAM JONES'S. On parent's lap, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled Solive, that sinking into death's last sleep, Calm thou may st smile, while all around thee weep THE...
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Select poetry for children: with notes, arranged by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
..., And, partner once of Tiney's box, Must soon partake his grave. Cowper. 152.— FROM THE PERSIAN. On parent's knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping, thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last sad sleep, Calm, thou may'st smile, while all around thee...
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