Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies, Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy— " Sleep, image of thy father,... Elements of English grammar - 144. oldalszerző: Daniel Macintosh - 1852Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1862 - 334 oldal
...attachment will decline, if it suspect that it is received with diminished warmth. Maternal Hope. •O ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; .a And weaves a song of melancholy joy — Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy : Thy fame,... | |
| Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 oldal
...And o'er the path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God ! MATERNAL CARE. Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy — " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy : No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh... | |
| 1863 - 392 oldal
...'-• •-• Health shall prolong to many a festive hour The social pleasures of his humble bower. Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her...while the lovely babe unconscious lies, Smiles on her slumb'ring child with pensive eyes, 1 .\ VI F ''< ' .' And weaves a song of melancholy joy — " Sleep,... | |
| Life-lights - 1864 - 344 oldal
...May-dew sweet ! Accept thy children's lay. SIR JOHN BOWRING, 1792 Russian of Bobrov. A MOTHER'S HOPE. Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy — " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy : No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 oldal
...noblest in our literature. FBOM THE PLEASURES OF HOPE. A MOTHER WATCHING OVER HER SLEEPING INFANT. Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy — ' Sleep, iraage of thy father, sleep, my boy ; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No... | |
| David Grant - 1865 - 428 oldal
...when her early friends are gone, She lives and breathes in him alone. A. BETHUNE. MATERNAL HOPE. |O ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent...pensive eyes. And weaves a song of melancholy joy,— "Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine; No sigh that... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1864 - 154 oldal
...his years, Health shall prolong to many a festive hour The social pleasures of his humble bower. Lo I at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy — " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy ; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh... | |
| 1866 - 524 oldal
...of his years, Health shall prolong to many a festive hour The social pleasures of his humble bower. Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy — " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy ; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh... | |
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 oldal
...grief and pain,— Oh ! we'd rather lose our other two, than have him here again. THE MOTHER. Moultrie. Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent...pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy— " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy: No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine; No sigh that... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 oldal
...bound; but fate and gloomy night encompass thee around. J. DRYDEN 698 PICTURE OF MATERNAL TENDERNESS K\ at the couch where infant beauty sleeps her silent...pensive eyes, and weaves a song of melancholy joy : — ' Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy ; no ling'ring hour of sorrow shall be thine; no... | |
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