 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...NORFOLK, THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN, ANN BODHAM. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me hut roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...more. Amen. ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK, THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN, ANN BODHAM. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has passed With...thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same, that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...lasts', thy own Messiah reigns'i SECTION XVII. On receiving his Mother's Picture. — COWPEH. 0 TEAT those lips had language'! Life has passed' With me...thee last'. Those lips are thine' — thy own sweet smile I see', The same', that oil in childhood solaced me': Voice only fails', else', how distinct... | |
 | 1839 - 428 pages
...showing it was so short."—Southey's Life of Cowper. O THAT those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine—thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft, in childhood, solaced me ; ' Grieve not, my child,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...OUT OW NORFOLE, THE OIFT OF MY COUSIN, ANNE BODHAM. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pasa'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thme — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...1731-1800. ON THE RECEIPT OP MY MOTHER'S PICTURE. OH that those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine : thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...out of Norfolk, the gift of my cousin Jinn Bodham. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smiie I see, The same, that oft in childhood solac'd me ', Voice ciily fails, else how distinct they... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pages
...RECEIVING HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE. 1. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has passed With me but roughlyb since I heard thee last Those lips are thine — thy...smiles I see The same that oft in childhood solaced mee Voice only fails else how distinct they say " Grieve not my child chase all thy fears away !" The... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pages
...filial feelings. Two short extracts will shew the character of the poem; they commence and end it. O that those lips had language ! life has passed With...but roughly since I heard thee last, Those lips are thine—thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me— Voice only fails ;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. On the Receipt of hit Mother1! Picture. c%. faib, else, how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away !' Tbe meek intelligence... | |
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THAT those lips had language! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine, — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, "Grieve not, my child;... 
