 Tis now become a history little known, That once we call'd the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less...  The Poetical Melange - Page 241828Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...known, That once we called the parsonage-house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps, of all thy kindness there, Still...left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum, [a] The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd By thy own hand, tillfreshthey shone and glow'd — All... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...known, That once we call'd the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the rocord fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still...morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confeetionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd By thy own hand, till fresh they shone... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...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...laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; By thy own hand till fresh... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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...made', That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid'j Thy morning bounties ere I left my home', The biscuit', or confectionary plum'; The fragrant... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...once we call'd the past'ral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That mem'ry keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many...ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plumb ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glow'd... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindess there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced...traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might's! know me safe and warmly laid . Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, 5 The biscuit or confectionary... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...known, That once we called the past'ral house our own ; Short.lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still...storm that has effaced, A thousand other themes less dearly traced." But at the moment when widowhood is new, and the sorrowing heart scarcely fit for deliberation,... | |
 | Caroline Amelia Halsted - English literature - 1840 - 212 pages
...indelible an impression as never to have been wholly eradicated, — " the record fair That mem'ry keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm that has effac'd A thousand other themes less deeply traced." It may not, however, be so generally known that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 358 pages
...known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Shortlived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still...confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow 'd By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glow'd : All this, and more endearing still than... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 362 pages
...effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That them mightst know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning...confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glow'd : All this, and more endearing still than... | |
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