 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 oldal
...Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; "Twas my distress that bronght thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary I far though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 440 oldal
...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, — " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary," contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial, and ordinary... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 oldal
...have a fainter glow; I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary 1 Thy needles once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 oldal
...might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,...For, though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou play'dst the housewife's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 oldal
...might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low. My Mary ! Thy needles,...heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! 1'or, though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 464 oldal
...this might be the lastl My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary ! For, though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 460 oldal
...this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more; My Mary ! For, though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | 1835 - 440 oldal
...might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,...store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, and shine no more. My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 oldal
...might be our last ! My Mary. Thy np'rits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly would^t fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 oldal
...this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shino no more, My Mary! For though tliou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
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The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,... 
