...poignantly, and \>e has recorded his feelings on this occasion in the most beautiful of his minor poems. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss, Peril ips a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. 1 heard the bell tolled...

...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,...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...

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...in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou war>t dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed?...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? (1) Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah...

...a charm for my relief, — Shall steep me in Elysian revcry, A momentary dream that tliou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hoveled thy spirit o'er thy sorrow ing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps...

...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say,...even then, Life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah, that maternal smile!...

...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,...even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal...

...grief, but memory supplied the magic key that made her spirit speak to me. "My mother when I learnt of that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the...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...

...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. »o My mother ! when I learnt silence drear, As thunder-drops fall on a sleeping...here, That I may look on thee." 124 I turning saw, thr ? 1 fifty-two years 2 He was only six when she died. Perhaps them gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss...

...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...