 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...shed? Hover•d thy spirit o•er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? I heard the bell toll•d on thy burial day, I saw...hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu. RULE VI. The rising slide is commonly... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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'; And', turning from my nursery... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? ****** Perhaps thou gavest me, unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah ! that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. * * * * -* -* By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to live my childhood o'er again ;... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...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 toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...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...hearse, that bore thee slow away ; And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such * It was. Where thou... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...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, And, turning from my nursery window,... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 592 pages
...life's journey just begun? IVrhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Porhaps a tear, if souls cau weep in bliss. Ah, that maternal smile ! It answers—...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long siarh, and wept a last adieu! But, was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...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...— Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, VOL. II. 16 I saw the liearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...begun? Perhaps thou gayest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if saints can weep in bliss. Ah 1 that maternal smile, it answers yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day ; I saw tho hearse that bore thee slow away; And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - France - 1841 - 214 pages
...Their bread shall be given them, and their water shall be sure.'" CHAPTER VIII. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my little window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu. But waa it such i— COWPEB. THE winter... | |
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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 a last adieu... 
