 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'iy window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May 1 but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...on thy burial day, f saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry win low, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah that maternal smile! it answers— Yes. I heard the bell tnll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, HIK! wept a last adien l But was it such ? — It was.— Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 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...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...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...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at ray concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...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...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...if souls can weep 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...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1823 - 194 pages
...tears have often started into my eyes when I have repeated, " I beard the bell toll on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, aud wept a last adieu !" 57 His mother died when he was quite a little boy, only six years old, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, J saw the hearse that bore thee slow away"; And, turning...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at¡my concern, Oft gave me promise of a quick return. What ardently... | |
 | Author of the Buxton diamonds - 1824 - 160 pages
...written on the receipt of his mother's picture, many years after her death. " I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was ; where then art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee oa that peaceful shore,... | |
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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. 
