 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—It was.—Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown....but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—It was.—Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown....but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...turning from my nurs'ry window, dreiv A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was— Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where art thou gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pages
...mote than human charms ; Nay promised, vainly promised, to bestow Immortal life. Po¡te's Odyssey. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft...believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived. Couper. And round the new discoverer quick they flocked In multitudes, and plucked, and with great... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...turning from my nurs'ry window,' drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But wag it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
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I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown... 
