 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd ihy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...fifty years afterwards, on the receipt of her portrait from a relation in Norfolk:— " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead Say, wast thou...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps a tear, if souls cnn weep in bliss ! I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn 'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing. son, Wretch oven then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorr'wing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...for my relief; Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.. My mother I when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou...even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps a... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...beautiful little poem of Cowper, on the receipt of his mother's picture : My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I she'd ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even the'n, life's journey just begun ? I hear'd... | |
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Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes... 
