| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 σελίδες
...ourselves of insensibility, were we not to transcribe them: •TO MARY. ' The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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 — 1 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 σελίδες
...relics of her heauty view And own that all she said was true. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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,th»t brought... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 486 σελίδες
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. T o MAR T. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 σελίδες
...his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. TO MARY. rpHE twentieth year is well nigh past, -*- Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last! My Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low,... | |
| William Cowper - 1809 - 472 σελίδες
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. , ' f The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 312 σελίδες
...cannot suppress for my life, How soon I can make her a mother. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky -was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary J. Thy spirits have a fainter flow, -I see thee daily weaker grow — . 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
| William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 σελίδες
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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... | |
| William Hayley - 1812 - 450 σελίδες
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 528 σελίδες
...free, v ;•' , » . TO * : '• MARY.'' ' * •'• [AUTUMN OF 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 434 σελίδες
...Since I rwriv'J him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. v [Autumn of 1793.] THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our 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... | |
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