 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
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 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 vaia for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...sight i' \y •• '• 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, 163 Partakers of tliy sml decline, . Thy hands their little force resign ; .' l_ • .1 Yet gently... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 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 - 1810 - 312 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 rise in vain for me, My Mary I Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently prest, press... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! 8 For could I view nor (hem nor thce, What sight worth seeing could I see? -The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! 9 Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...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 gently mine, My Mary! Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st, That now at every step thou mov'st Upheld by two, yet... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 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, Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thec, 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 - 1815 - 528 pages
...thy?hW, My Mary! Are stillcni<re'^Ve iti Than goM t -14 YM 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, . • ,^nI/I ^Ifi My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline,. •.-.,.. . Thy hands their little force... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I gee i The sun would rise in vain for me, MyMaiyi " Partakers of thy sad decline, . Thy hands their little...force resign; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, ' My Mary f " Such feebleness ef limbs thou prov'st, That now at every step thou mov'st Upheld by two,... | |
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