 | 1826 - 440 oldal
...ratheto augment it, as the following beautiful poem, written about this time, will show : — TO MARY. ' The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 oldal
...thy power to soothe me left. COWPER. TO MARY. AUTUMN OF 1793. THE twentieth year is well nigh pass'd, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this...— 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 oldal
...lost in errors, his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers. VERSES TO MRS MARY UNWIN. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast; Ah would that this might be our last! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; My Mary.' 'Twas my distress... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 oldal
...tongue In every wound of Cesar, that should move The stones of Rome to rise in mutiny. MARY. COWPER. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd and shine no more,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 oldal
...spirits, and put a tongue In every wound of Cesar, that should move The atones of Rome to rise in mutiny. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow, 'Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 oldal
...grave, your kingdom ; there this frame shall fall A victim sacred, to your dreary shrine. MARY. COWPEE. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...was overcast, Ah! would that this might be the last, Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow, 'Twas my distress that brought thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 oldal
...And, steep'd not now in rain, But in Castalian streams by you, Will never fade again. 1793. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our...grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 oldal
...And, steep'd not now in rain, But in Castalian streams by you, Will never fade again. 1793. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 oldal
...mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. TO MART. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our...— Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; — 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 oldal
...sky was overcast, And would that this 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 1 Thy needles once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, and shine no... | |
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Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! 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 me still, Thy sight now... 
