| British poets - 1822 - 310 页
...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 页
...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 1 Perhaps... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 页
...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Perhaps thou gavest me unseen a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss—. Ah ! that maternal... | |
| William Cowper - 1825 - 244 页
...reverie, A momentary dream, that I limi art she. PART i. B 14 ON THE RECEIPT OF My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 页
...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... | |
| 1826 - 440 页
...composed more than fifty years afterwards, on the receipt of her portrait from a relation in Norfolk:— " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead Say,...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... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 页
...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 页
...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... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 页
...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 页
...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... | |
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