 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 ページ
...What think you, sir, of killing .Time TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since our first sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the...! 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 ページ
...language can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MART. The twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would...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 - 1851 - 620 ページ
...killing Time With verse addressed to me ? TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since our first ut home or food ; Extravagance and Avarice shall subscribe, While fame and self-complacence are the brib them daily weaker grow "1'was my distress that brought thee low My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 ページ
...addressed to me ? TO MARY. ГRE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since our first sky was overeast, Ah would that this might be the last! 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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 ページ
...Mother's Picture,' after which some extracts from ' The Task, ' will find an appropriate place. TO MARY.; Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless... | |
 | 1851 - 592 ページ
...augment it, as the following beautiful poem, written about this time, will show : — TO MARY. '' The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the lust, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 ページ
...safe in the simplicity of hers. To Mary (Mrt Unwin). Autumn, 1793. The twentieth year is well nigh put our last I My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress... | |
 | William Cowper - 1852 - 466 ページ
...same resource to prove, And may you sometimes lauding here Instruct us how to love. TO MARY. 1798. THB twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last I My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1853 - 518 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 i Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 ページ
...errouAiow behold me free, Since 1 receiv'd him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky...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... | |
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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... 
