 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....  Poems - Page 262by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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. May I hut meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...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....thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pas* my lips no more I Thy maidens, grieved I hemsct VPS at my concern, Oft gave me promise of a quick... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 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 are...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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....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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...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....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 Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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....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... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 476 pages
...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. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, Thy parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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... | |
 | 1846 - 332 pages
...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....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... | |
 | Anna Maria Mead Chalmers - 1846 - 196 pages
...like a voice from the other world attesting to the value of Sunday school labours. THE BEREFT. " Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown; May I but meet tbee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more/' COWPER. THAT \ve are "strangers... | |
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