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
| Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 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... | |
| Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 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 - 1835 - 446 pages
...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see t 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 460 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 - 1835 - 448 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... | |
| Religion - 1835 - 440 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 - 1835 - 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, 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... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 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 ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently press'd, press... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 378 pages
...them nor thee, U'hat sight worth seeing could I see 1 The sun would rise in vain for me, M y 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 ;... | |
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