William CowperJohn Lehmann, 1951 - 167 pages |
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... thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss ; Perhaps a tear , if souls can ...
... thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss ; Perhaps a tear , if souls can ...
Page 68
... Thou forgive that sin where I begun , Which is my sin , though it were done before ? Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run , And so do still : though still I do deplore ? When Thou hast done , Thou hast not done , For I have ...
... Thou forgive that sin where I begun , Which is my sin , though it were done before ? Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run , And so do still : though still I do deplore ? When Thou hast done , Thou hast not done , For I have ...
Page 133
... thou hast push'd Of treeship , first a seedling hid in grass , Then twig , then sapling , and , as century roll'd Slow after century , a giant bulk Of girth enormous , with moss - cushion'd root Upheav'd above the soil , and sides ...
... thou hast push'd Of treeship , first a seedling hid in grass , Then twig , then sapling , and , as century roll'd Slow after century , a giant bulk Of girth enormous , with moss - cushion'd root Upheav'd above the soil , and sides ...
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