 Sorrows I've had, severe ones, I will not think of now; And calmly, midst my dear ones. Have wasted with dry brow; But when thy fingers press And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother,...  Foliage, Or, Poems Original and Translated - Pagina xlviide Leigh Hunt - 1818 - 150 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pagini
...and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Sorrows I've had, severe ones, I will not think of...father, too ; My light where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 512 pagini
...rhymes run o'er. TO TLH SIX YEARS OLD, DURING A SICKNESS. 1817. SLEEP breathes at last from out thce, My little, patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To Bay " He has... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pagini
...SICKNESS. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient boy; And balmy rest about thee Smooth's off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say "He has departed"... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pagini
...SICKNESS. LEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smoothes off the day's annoy. I sit me down and think Of all...father, too ; My light where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say — 'he has... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pagini
...winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillow' d meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pagini
...afraid ; The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears ; These, these are things that may demand Sorrows I've had, severe ones, I will not think of...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion,—no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has departed... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pagini
...thy fingers press, And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — Ah ! first-born of ihy mother, When life and hope were new : Kind playmate...too : My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison bonnd,— My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee ronnd. To say, " He has departed,"... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pagini
...and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Sorrows, I've had severe ones, I will not think of...father, too ; My light where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say—" he has... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagini
...cannot bear the gentleness, — • The teal's are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother, AVhen prison-bound ; My hand-in -hand companion — No, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pagini
...thy quiet tears, — These, these are things that may demand Dread memories for years. Sorrows I Ve th and white, Seeking it ever with fresh delight,...What does lie think when her quick embrace Presses prison-bound ; My hand-in-hand companion — No, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
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