 Oh ! when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ? THE HOLLY TREE.  The curse of Kehama - Page 91by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 522 pages
...tried and purified, Then hath in Heaven its perfect rest. Oh ! when a mother meets on high The babe the lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and...sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ? ' p. 100, 101. There b no fmef description, perhaps, in the whole p.-cr... (lian that of the antient... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight?" p. 100, 101. There is no finer description, perhaps, in the whole poem, than that of the ancient city... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight!" p. 100, 101. There is no finer description, perhaps, in the whole poem, than that of the ancient city... | |
 | 1843 - 752 pages
...but to take comfort in the thought of that country where there is no sorrow and no separation. Oli, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy,...The day of woe, the watchful night — For all her torrow, all her tean — An over-payment of delight? A WORD FOR THE WIDOWS OF POOR MINISTERS. To the... | |
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 168 pages
...harvest time of love is there. Oh ! when the mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Ilath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all tears, An over payment of delight?' In bringing up a family, how often are we reminded... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...purified, Then hath in Heaven its perfect rest : It soweth, here with toil and care, But the harvest time of love is there. Oh ! when a Mother meets on high...sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight A blessed family is this Assembled in the Bower of Bliss ! Strange woe, Ladurlad, hath been thine,... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...faithful and upright labours shall not be without a recompence. " O when a mother meets on high The child she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains...fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An overpayment of delight ?" ART. IV. — Ivanhoe ; a Romance. By " the Author... | |
 | 1843 - 750 pages
...purified, Then hath in Heaven its perfect rest : It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest time of Love is there. " Oh ! when a Mother meets on high...sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight?" We have spoken of the canto entitled Mount Calasay, as the finest part of the Curse of Kehama, In fact,... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...meets on high TJie babe she lost in infancy, Ilath she not then , for puius and fears, TJis <Iuy oj woe , the watchful night For all her sorrow , all her tears, An over -payment of delight? *) Die Beschreibung der alten zerstörten Stadt Baty **): *) Die sündigen,... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...separation. " O when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for cares and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, — • For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ?" We have put forth these remarks, not for the... | |
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