 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...  Poems - Sivu 223tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1818 - 299 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 sivua
...and slow " movement," are the chief characteristics of the style of reading required in this piece.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; — Ah 1 would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow; I see thee daily weaker... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 sivua
...strain, But from that error now behold me free, Since I received him as a gift from thee. TO MAEY. AUTUMN OF 1793. THE twentieth year is well nigh past,...! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 sivua
...But from that error now behold me free, Since I received him as a gift from thee. TO MAEY. AUTUMN or 1793. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since...! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; — "Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 560 sivua
...questioned whether any language on earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, " I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Tvvas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary i Thy needles, once a shining... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sivua
...alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he. • r. OWPEK. TO MRS. UN WIN. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first...Mary ! • Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary? t Thy needles, once a... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 sivua
...steep'd not now in rain, But in Castalian streams Tjy you, Will never fade again. 1903. 653 TO MARY THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our...! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary» Thy needles, once a shining... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 sivua
...judge, with ease succeeds.2 TO MARY. Written in the autumn of 1793. The twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that...might be the last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter floWj I see theo daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought theo low, My Mary! Thy needles,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 528 sivua
...specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MABY. THE twentieth year is well nigh put. Since first oar sky was overcast; Ah would that this might be the...last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought thee low. My Mary, Thy needles, once a shiniig... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 488 sivua
...landing here, Instruct us how to love ! Jane 1793. TO MARY (MRS UNWIN). 1 THE twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah ! would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! 2 Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twaa my distress that brought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 sivua
...errour now behold me free, Since 1 receiv'd him as a ;rift from Thee. j I TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.J THK twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, Ail would that this might be the last! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, My Mary» 'Tvvas my distress... | |
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