 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...ourselves of insensibility, were we not to transcribe them: •TO MARY. ' The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! ' Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 1 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...relics of her heauty view And own that all she said was true. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow— 'Twas my distress,th»t brought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. T o MAR T. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. TO MARY. rpHE twentieth year is well nigh past, -*- Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last! My Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. , ' f The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...cannot suppress for my life, How soon I can make her a mother. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky -was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary J. Thy spirits have a fainter flow, -I see thee daily weaker grow — . 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...free, v ;•' , » . TO * : '• MARY.'' ' * •'• [AUTUMN OF 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...Since I rwriv'J him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. v [Autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast. Ah would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
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THE twentieth year is wellnigh past .*. Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary... 
