Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon... The Life and Reign of William the Fourth - Page 416by George Newenham Wright, John Watkins - 1857Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1912 - 662 pages
...human tear From passion's drop* refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not itain an angel's cheek, Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. LADY of THE LAKE. If such were the parental extacies of his Majesty, what must have been his affliction... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 468 pages
...than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain -an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, .It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd,... | |
| 1811 - 872 pages
...than heaven ; And il' there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear to limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head! And as the Douglas to his breast HU darling EHen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresnes stecp'd,... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...heaven; And if thercbca hniuan tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid andio meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! P. 73. In the last verse of this Ballad of Edwin and Emma, it is said, " She shiver'd, sigh'd, and... | |
| Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pages
...than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek ;...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. W. Scott's Lady of the Lake. GLEE for Five Voices. T. WELSH. SOFT and sweet, yon blushing rose In the... | |
| Frances Brooke - 1818 - 250 pages
...CHAPTER XX. And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear— A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; 'Tis that which pious fathers shed a duteous daughter's head. LADY or THE LAKE. T HAT day which had nineteen times been passed at Ballinamoyle... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely press'd, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd,... | |
| 1813 - 998 pages
...than heaven, And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which grateful parents shed, Upon their duteous children's head. MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE. LETTER II. (Concluded... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd,... | |
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