 | Thomas Taylor - 1841 - 304 pages
...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....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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...smile'! it answers' . . . Yes'. 1 heard the bell tolled on thy burial day'; I saw the hearse th.it bore thee slow away'; And', turning from my nursery...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... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Poets, English - 1921 - 440 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...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! To his friend Hill, after the lapse of 47 years, he wrote : " I can truly say that not a week passes... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 526 pages
...Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? "MY MOTHER!" And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long,...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... | |
 | John Drinkwater - Literature - 1923 - 528 pages
...Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; ... I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! . . . Cowper suffered from hysteria, and was for a while shut up in a private asylum. After his recovery,... | |
 | John Drinkwater - English poetry - 1924 - 400 pages
...a 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...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... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...kiss: Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — • Ah, that maternal smile ! It answers — Yes. as you will. The brands were flat, the brands were...own white ashes lying ; But when the lady passed, Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep hi bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day ; I saw...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my eoncei r . Oft gave me promise of thy quick return ; What ardently... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...a 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...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound (2) shall pass my lips no more! Thy. maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 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...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
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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. 
