 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 of William Cowper, Esq - Page 401by William Cowper - 1824 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting words shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd, Wong believed, And, disappointed still, A^S still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...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...parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! Hut was it such Î It was. Where thou art originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire. Do not entertain sound shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...nursery window, drew Л long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ! It was. Where thou art sound shall pass my lips no more I Thy maidens grieved themselves at ray concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...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 themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...parting word shall pass my lips no more. Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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...parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...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...parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 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...but meet 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... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 476 pages
...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... | |
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