 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pàgines
...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu !f But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gon«, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but...The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidensf grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I... | |
 | 1842 - 622 pàgines
...And turning from my nursrry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! .But was it such ? It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells...meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word will pass my lips no more! • » • Thus many a sad to-morrow сзгае and went, Till all my stock... | |
 | William Jones - 1842 - 294 pàgines
...all thy love, I drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—it was.—Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown....but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more ! '" Of the death of his relatives, Mr. Jones has left only the preceding... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1842 - 300 pàgines
...heaven. Then will you enjoy the sweet anticipation, as your tears bedew her grave— My Mother!—where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown....but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more. The claims of a parent being such as we have described, no defect... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1843 - 212 pàgines
...you; then will you enjoy the sweet anticipation, as your tears bedew her grave,— " My mother—where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown....shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more." If the claims of a parent be such as I have described, then no defect of character, still less any... | |
 | 1843 - 368 pàgines
...away ; And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such 1 It was. Where thou art gone, Adieus and...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | 1843 - 316 pàgines
...And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting wonl will pass my lips no more ! * * * . • Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till all my stock... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pàgines
...tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft...gave me promise of thy quick return ; What ardently I wished, I long believed, And disappointed still, was still deceived j By expectation every day beguiled,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 460 pàgines
...Rus abiit, dixitque mihi, Cito laeta redibo." This is surely a finer passage than that of Cowper : " Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return." But the English poet has, perhaps, the superiority in the description of maternal cares : " Thy nightly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pàgines
...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was.— Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells...gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished, I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived ; By expectation every day beguiled.... | |
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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 thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown... 
