 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...if souls can weep in bliss— r Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gone Adiens and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such 1 — It was- — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...thy burial day, Vol. II. 16 I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu...But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers—Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—It was.—Where... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...just begun1 Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss Perhaps a tear, if souls cnn weep in bliss ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee far away. And, turning from my nursery-window, drew A long, Ipng sigh, and wept a last adieu I But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...But was it such ? — It was — where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah that maternal smile ! it answers—Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ?—It was.—Where... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard...was it such ? — It was — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting sound... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile — it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee...was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word... | |
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I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. 
