 | William Stebbing - English poetry - 1913 - 448 pages
...authorship of a couple of paragons of melody, but his omission to add a score of equal marvels : If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when at thy side, That thou couldst mortal be ; It never through my mind had past The time would e'er be... | |
 | Johannes Schiller - Literary Criticism - 1915 - 772 pages
...allerdings eher unbewußt als bewußt, vielleicht auch von Charles Wolfes lyrischem Monolog „If I had thought thou couldst have died I might not weep for thee", ein Gedicht, dessen zarte, klagende Stimmung ganz ähnlich der hier vorliegenden ist. Was den künstlerischen... | |
 | Walter Barnes - English poetry - 1915 - 602 pages
...upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore- warn ing? Charles Lamb 277* TO MARY If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; Hut I forgot, when by thy side. That thou couldst mortal be ; It never through my mind had past The... | |
 | Andrew Macphail - English poetry - 1916 - 542 pages
...ever cheered, with the rod Of divine comfort, when she had talked with God. CHARLES WOLFE To Mary IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep...should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1916 - 416 pages
...upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore- warning ? C. Lamb CCLXXVII TO MARY If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep...o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouklst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - American poetry - 1916 - 242 pages
...comparatively are those who know another poem of his, of singular beauty, which I here transcribe : If I had thought thou could'st have died I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot when by thy side It never through my mind had passed The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last... | |
 | Katharine Adelaid Prichard - Cemeteries - 1917 - 360 pages
...forgotten. Sacred To the memory of Harriet, Wife of Orlando W. Minard, who died Jan. 21, 1842, AE. 25. If I had thought thou couldst have died I might not weep...thou couldst mortal be. It never through my mind had passed That time could e'er be o'er And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more.... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1918 - 1116 pages
...carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. 604. To Mary TFI had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep...should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook,... | |
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The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain. But when I speak — thou... 
