 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
 | Child rearing - 1846 - 332 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 Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such t— 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,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 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 wish'd,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such 1 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,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. — Where thou art goue, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but...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 Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 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...shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 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...but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu 1 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 words shall pass my lips no more! Thy maidens, griev'd themselves at my concern, What ardently I wish'd,... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - Mothers - 1850 - 150 pages
...window, drew,* A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu I 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 Cowper - 1850 - 516 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,... | |
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