 Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burn'd hair, She had not known her child.  Romance and Reality - Page 299by Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 1003 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...sunk, alas the while ! And when he struggled at a smile, His eye looked haggard wild. Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burned hair, ' She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or... | |
 | 1808 - 416 pages
...sunk, alas the while ! And when he struggled at a smile, His eye looked haggard wild. Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burned hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 432 pages
...Ivanhoc, vol. i. ch. 5. A slight inaccuracy of construction in the following sentence, " Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face and sunburn'd hair, She had not known her child." 244 Is thus repeated, — " A countenance... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...the while ! r VXTO I. And when he struggled at a smile, His eye looked haggard wild. Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burned hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...sunk, alas, the while ! And .when he struggled at a smile,. His eye look'd hagard wild : Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burn'd hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 pages
...Marmion where he sate, And when he struggled at a smile, His eye look'd hagard wild : Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burn'd hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 228 pages
...Ivnnhoe, vol. i. ch 5. A slight inaccuracy of construction in the following sentence, " Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face and sunburn'd hair, She had not known her child." Marmion, Canto I. St. 28. Is thus... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...sunk, alas, the while ! And when he struggled at a smile, His eye look'd hagard wild -. Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sim-buru'd hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 600 pages
...subscribe, at the foot of it, the name of the hand that guided them. THE CRUSADERS BETURN. " Alas ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeks and sunburnt hair, She had not known her child !"— MARMION. REST, pilgrim, rest!... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 224 pages
...wintry hours, They break forth in glory—bring flowers, bright flowers! THE CRUSADER'S RETURN. " Alas! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeks and sunburnt hair, She had not known her child." MAKMIOI*. REST, pilgrim, rest!—thou'rt... | |
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