 Thy silver locks once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ; For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, Partakers of thy sad decline,...  Poems - Page 242by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, 1 My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prcss'J press... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! " For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! " Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently press'd, press... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary i For could I view northem northee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary : Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...nor them nor tbee. What sight worth seeing could I sec ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently press'd, press gently mine My Mary ! Such feebleness of limbs fhou provest, That now at every step... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For, could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could. I see ? The sun would rise in vain foe me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline. Thy hands (heir little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary I For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would...force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My. Mary I Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st, That now, at every step thou mov'st Upheld by two,... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1822 - 110 pages
...sight. Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary. For, could I view nor them, nor thee, What Bight worth seeing could I see ( The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mury. Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign. Yet, gently press*df press... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light,' My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently press'd, press... | |
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