I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt, our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor... Poems - Page 387by William Cowper - 1818 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1840 - 538 pages
...picture, and full of the reminiscences of scenes " where early childhood strayed," writes thus : ' Where once we dwelt, our name is heard no more ; Children not thine have trod my nursery floor. "Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the past'ral house our own ; Short.lived... | |
| John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pages
...spent, I learned, at last; submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. 4. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more ; Children...to school along the public way, Delighted with my bawble coach, and wrapped"1 In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped,™ Tis now become a history... | |
| William (uncle, pseud.) - 1842 - 116 pages
...received from his cousin his mother's picture,' and among other lines, equally affecting, says : — " 'Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives... | |
| 1843 - 184 pages
...sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children...the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, 'Tis now become a history little known, That once... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, Uut, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. ers Tie now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pages
...sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children...the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet-capped, 'Tis now become a history little known That once... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more. Children...trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener Robin, clay by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapt In scarlet... | |
| George Willson - 1844 - 300 pages
...sorrows spent, I learned, at last, submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. And where the gardener Robin, day by day Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble-coach, and wrapped 4 In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, 'Tis now become a history little... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though 1 less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. ndering through Britain's isle Salopia'a praises known. Admired Salopia ! that with ve (loor ; And where the gardener Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot ; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children...known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives... | |
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