 Clasp me a little longer on the brink Of fate ! while I can feel thy dear caress ; And when this heart hath ceased to beat — oh ! think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend to more than human friendship...  the works - Page 208by mrs hemans - 1839Full view - About this book
 | 1809 - 572 pages
...dear caress ; And, when this heart has ceas'd to beat — oh think, " ! a And let it mitigate thy wo's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend to more than human friendship ju•t. Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, And by the hopes of an immortal trust, God shall assuage... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 pages
...I can feel thy drear caress ; ' And, when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh ! think, * And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, ' That thou hast been...'Oh! by that retrospect of happiness, ' And by the hopes of an immortal trust, * God shall assuage thy pangs — when I am laid in dust! xxx. ' Go, Henry,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...foe to feeling, a parenthesis : " And, when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh ! think, " (And let it mitigate thy woe's excess) " That thou hast been..." And friend to more than human friendship just." The three lines that follow these, have very little warmth : " Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness,... | |
 | 1809 - 536 pages
...while 1 can feel th'y drear* caress ; And, when this heart halh ceas'd to beat — oh ! think, Ami let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, Of peace, — imagining her lot was cast In heav'n; for ours was not like earthly love. And must this... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...while I can feel thy drear caress; * And when this heart hath ceas'd to heat—oh {think, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, ' That thou hast been...Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, ' And by the hopes of an immortal trust, 'God shall assuage thy pan gs-—\v hen I am 1 aid in dun t! 1 XXX. ' Go,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 pages
...while I can feel thy drear caress; ' And when this heart hath ceas'd to beat — oh! think, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, ' That thou hast been...Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, ' And by the hopes of an immortal trust, • God shall assuage thy pangs — when I am laid in dust! ' Go, Henry,... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...dear caress ; ^nd when this heart has ceas'd to beat—Oh, think. And let it mitigate thy wo's exctss, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend...just. Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, And by the hopes of an immortal trust, God shall assuage thy pangs—when I am laid in dust! Go, Henry, go not... | |
 | 1832 - 1102 pages
...And when this heart hath ceased to beat, oh ! think. And let it mitigate thy woe's excess. That Inou hast been to me all tenderness. And friend to more than human friendship just. GKHTRUDK or WvoMtNO. SCENE — A Room in an Italian Cottage. The Lattice opening upon a Lundscape at... | |
 | De Clifford (fict.name.) - 1820 - 582 pages
...Of fate, while I can feel thy dear caress, And when this heart has ceased to beat, oh think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, A friend to more than human friendship just ! Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, And by the hopes... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...heart hath ceas'd to heat— oh i thirt, ' And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, ' That thou hast heen to me all tenderness, 'And friend to more than human friendship just. ' Oh ! hy that retrospect of happiness, 'And hy the hopes of an immortal trust, 'God shall assuage thy pangs... | |
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