| Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pages
...dream, Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are now more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient...I see ! The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! | /^. And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...language utter'd in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...gently mine, My Mary ! Such feebleness of limbs thou provest, That now at every step thou movest Upheld by two, yet still thou lovest, My Mary ! And still... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...language uttered in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ' Thy silver locks once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! MISCELLANEOUS POEMS t',7 Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign j Yet... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...language uttered in a dream ; Yet me they chnrm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I seo ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...language uttered in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary \ Thy silver locks once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 476 pages
...language uttered in a dream : Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see 1 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...all thy threads with magic art Have wound themselves about this heart, My Mary Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I sec 7 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ' Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
| Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1850 - 226 pages
...peculiarly adorned. I may truly address her in the words of my favourite poet. — "Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light ; For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ': The sun would rise in... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...language uttered in a dream; Vet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks once T Partaker s of thy gad declme, My Mary! Thy hands their little force resign; Yet gently prest, press... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...language uttered in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks once pon your paper, like a jack-o-lantem upon the ceiling....simile, for Virgil, (you remember) uses it. 'Tis here, sec 1 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy cad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
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