 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...j?pirit o'er thy sorrowing son, \Vretch^iiW;n rtjfn, life's journey just begun? I heard tne beffloll'd on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A longj Jong sigh, and wept it last adieu. But was it such r It was ! — Where... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...in bliss.... Ah that maternal smile ! it answers. ...Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?....It was....Where... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such I — It was —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...— s• Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. J I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such r — it was. —... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...in bliss— Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy 'burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? — It was. —... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...spirit o'er thy Borrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? 1 heard the bell toll'd on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu. But was it such ? It was ! — Where... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...bliss — C. Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes. \ I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such? — It was — where... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...bliss— s. Ah, that maternal smile! it answers—Yes. } I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such?—It was—where... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. —... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial-day, I saw the...hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?— It was.— Where... | |
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It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more... 
