Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on sorrow's wound, and slowly thence, Lulling to sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away; On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear... Sonnets, and Other Poems - 19. oldalszerző: William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| John Aikin - 1791 - 282 oldal
...pang stealest unperceiv'd away; On Thee I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile — As some lone... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1796 - 142 oldal
...pang stealest unperceiv'd awayj On Thee I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul...departing hour, Sings in the sunbeam, of the transient shower Forgetful, though its wings are wet the while: — Yet ah! how much must that poor heart endure,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 oldal
...unperceiv'd away; On thee 1 rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter lea That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, 1 may look back on cv'ry sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile— As some lone bird at day's departing... | |
| 664 oldal
...stealest unperceiv'd away, On thee I rest, my only hope at last, And think, \vliou thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul...some lone bird at day's departing hour. Sings in the snn-beam of the transient shower, Forgetful though his wings be wet the while. But <ili ! how much... | |
| 1821 - 702 oldal
...last, And think, when thouhast dried the bitter tear Fbat flows in vain o'er all my lonl held dear, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening: with a smile : As dome lone bird at day's departing hour, Sings in the sun-beam of the transient shower, K'orgett'ul... | |
| William Vincent Moorhouse - 1828 - 226 oldal
...last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear, That flows so freely, — destitute of fear, — 1 may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's...departing hour, Sings in the sunbeam of the transient shower, Forgetful, though its wings are wet the while : — Yet ah ! how much must that poor heart... | |
| James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 oldal
...of the Thrush tribe do so. Mr. BOwLES, in his beautiful Sonnet to Time, has the following simile : " As some lone Bird at day's departing hour, Sings in the sun-beam of the transient shower, Forgetful, thongh its wings be wet the while.'' The Lark, alauda arvensis, sings too, occasionally,... | |
| Susan Huntington - 1828 - 410 oldal
...and to live with a constant reference to eternity ; that when the solemn hour of death shall come, we may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile. i ! •-..„... i . •.. t. iin ,;,'.>. TO MH. D. OP — — fj . / . . . i ,i Kilkugtvortk, November... | |
| Benjamin Blydenburg Wisner, Susan Huntington - 1829 - 510 oldal
...and to live with a constant reference to eternity; that when the solemn hour of death shall come, we may — — Look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile. C 41 49 i •'• • • Jar; Killingtuortk, November 28, 1808. THE friendship which you feel for... | |
| William Lisle Bowles - 1829 - 254 oldal
...long-forgotten pang away; " ON THEE I rest my only hope at last, " And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear " That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, " I may look back upon this anguish past, " And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile— " As some... | |
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