 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 gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile!...  Works: Life and Letters - Page 306by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...how distinct they say, " Grieve not my child ! chase all thy fears away !" My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the...son ? Wretch 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... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 pages
...mother ! when I learned that them wast dead, Say, wast them conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? "MY MOTHER!" And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn t 5 6 7 ! r ~ [ Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1924 - 400 pages
...relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...mother! when I learned that thou war>t dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing 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 that... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...a charm for my relief — Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say,...son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 906 pages
...relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | Henry Neumann - 1926 - 272 pages
...relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, Life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Edwin S. George - 1926 - 302 pages
...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 tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...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 sea : Sudden I Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? 1 fifty-two... | |
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