 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1827 - 568 oldal
...stanzas by Mr. Gifford, which have been given as original, and read very sweetly, beginning : — " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...affection cries, ' Go and partake her humble bier,' " &c. are taken from the well-known Scotch song or dirge : " I wish I was where Helen lies," &c. another... | |
 | 334 oldal
...affection, for her long and meritorious services." As this poem is short, we give it entire : — " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering:...could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void — A waste unlovely and unloved. " But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | 1828 - 628 oldal
...beautiful, and affecting stanzas ; which rank with the best productions of our elegiac poetry : — " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void — A waste unlovely and unlov'd. Bfc • But who, when... | |
 | 1828 - 526 oldal
...beautiful, and affecting stanzas ; which rank with the best productions of our elegiac poetry : — " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void — A waste unlovely and unlov'd. But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | 1828 - 498 oldal
...beautiful, and affecting stanzas ; which rank with the best productions of our elegiac poetry : — " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...hour affection cries, ' Go and partake her humble hier.' f I wish I could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour,... | |
 | 1828 - 814 oldal
...thy magic glass reveals, When o'er the landscape time's weak twilight steals. Rogers. ANNA'S GRAVE. I wish I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of lingering...every hour affection cries, Go and partake her humble liirr. I wish I could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 oldal
...fed on his mouldering heart, A nobler was never embalmed ! ANNA'S GRAVE. BY WILLIAM GIFFORD, ESQ. I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved. But who, when I am turned... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 oldal
...the raven has fed on his mouldering heart, A nobler was never embalmed ! BY WILLIAM GIFFOIID, ESQ. I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...And every hour affection cries, Go and partake her humhle bier. I wish I could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 oldal
...to weep my fate, Without a stone to tell my name. GlFFoRD. WRITTEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING. I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved. But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 oldal
...Peace, both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps, and him that flies. FAREWELL TO ANNA'S GRAVE. I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unloved. But who, when I am turned to... | |
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I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour, affection cries, Go and partake her humble bier. I wish I could ! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely,... 
