 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 - 1850 - 516 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...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,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I sec 7 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 ;... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - Christmas - 1850 - 226 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." Christmas Eve is close at hand. In a few hours we shall meet, that the above pages may be read to the... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 592 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 - 1851 - 790 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 - 1851 - 620 pages
...lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, Partaker s of thy gad declme, My Mary! Thy hands their little force resign; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I seel The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign, Yet gently pressed, press gently mine, .My Mary! Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st, That now at every step... | |
 | William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...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, My Mary ' Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...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, . . My Mary' Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest,... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1853 - 518 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... | |
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