 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.  Poems - Page 197by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 354 pages
...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. a boarding-school, the first of those sad changes through which a gentle spirit has to pass in this... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 352 pages
...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. a boarding-school, the first of those sad changes through which a gentle spirit has to pass in this... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...I heard the bell toll'd 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 adicu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adiens and farewells are a sound unknown.... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...toll'd on thy burial day ; I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away ; And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew 2 A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was...gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved... | |
 | Benjamin Dorr - 1840 - 110 pages
...our store." KEBLE'S CRISTIAN YEAR, TO THE MEMORY OF ABTOR. LENOX AN& T1J.DEN FOUNDATlOMt R 1918 L -" Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown, May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more !" COWPEH, On the... | |
 | 1841 - 592 pages
...saw the hearse that bore thee slow away. And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long siarh, and wept a last adieu! But, was it such ? It was....gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thce on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! " As we advanced... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1841 - 304 pages
...tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee far 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. May I but meet thee on that peaceful... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...saw the liearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long si^h, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gore Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but muet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pages
...I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day ; I saw tho hearse that bore thee slow away; And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu !" Some of the richest poetry of our language has been drawn almost from the heart's-blood of those... | |
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