 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 ページ
...excellence of amatory poetry. The quotation is long, but excellence never requires any apology. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky...have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 380 ページ
...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 our...have a fainter flow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 ページ
...that error now behold me free, Since I received him as a gift from thee. TO MARY. Autumn 1/1793. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our...have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow : — Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 382 ページ
...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 our...have a fainter flow ; I see thee daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless... | |
 | William Smyth - 1840 - 446 ページ
...the word " my?" says Mr. Godwin. You remember Cowper's poem to Mrs. Unwin in the decline of life: " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow, 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary." And he goes on with words and pronouns, ending as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 358 ページ
...Mary, shine, And, since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our...have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 ページ
...such a nature would be the feelings which suggested these well-known but exquisite lines : — " The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our...spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker gruw, Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 324 ページ
...errour now behold mo free, Since I receiv'd him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] THK twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky...! My Mary ' Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ' Thy needles, once a shining... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1841 - 424 ページ
...such a nature would be the feelings which suggested these well-known but exquisite lines : — " The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might he the List ! My Mary ! " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker gn»w, 'Twas my... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 406 ページ
...steep'd not now in rain, But in Castalian streams by you, Will never fade again. 1793. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky...overcast ; Ah would that this might be the last \ My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee... | |
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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... 
