Thy indistinct expressions seem Like language utter'd in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor... Poems, with a memoir of the author - Side 502av William Cowper - 1847Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary \ Thy silver locks once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ; For could...seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently... | |
| Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1850 - 226 sider
...silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light ; For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth...could I see ': The sun would rise in vain for me." Christmas Eve is close at hand. In a few hours we shall meet, that the above pages may be read to the... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 476 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For, could...them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see 1 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...themselves about this heart, My Mary Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I sec 7 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ' Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 790 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light. My Mary ! For,...mov'st Upheld by two, yet still thou lov'st. My Mary. And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still,... | |
| 1851 - 592 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could...mov'st, Upheld by two, yet still thou lov'st, My Mary ! And st'iH to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 620 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could...seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, Partaker s of thy gad declme, My Mary! Thy hands their little force resign; Yet gently prest, press... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 sider
...My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decime, Thy hands tlicir little foree resign ; Vet gently pn'^t, urrs* gently mine, My Mary! Such feebleness of limbs thou...mov'st, Upheld by two, yet still thou lov'st, My Mary! And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...of orient light, My Mary ! For, could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I seel The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers...decline, Thy hands their little force resign, Yet gently pressed, press gently mine, .My Mary! Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st, That now at every step... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sider
...whate'er the theme, My Mary! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Ar,e still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For,...nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I sec 1 The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little... | |
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