Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear? Rather rejoice that here his sorrows cease, Whom sickness, age, and poverty oppress'd; Where Death, the Leveller, restores to peace The wretch who living knew not where to... Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems - Page 27by Charlotte Smith - 1797 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1792 - 548 pages
...kindred crowd in fable forth Anil ¡if li, or feem to figh, around the bier; Tho' o'er his coflin, with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear; Rather rejoice, that bert, hit farrows cexfe, W horn ficknefs, age, and poverty opprefs'tl j Where Deaih, the Lereller,... | |
| Charlotte Smith - 1797 - 188 pages
...Configns to mingle with his kindred mold ? Moum'ft thou, that here the time-worn fufierer end* Thofc evil days ftill threatening woes to come ; What tho'...by Fate, Thro" penury's rugged path his race he ran ; Rerjlce. ion iztf fcvcx ha farrriV dacne, And rude, jndfinmwi tTtrarm lie way be trod, NC*UT. 1A11ZT... | |
| Charlotte Smith - Sonnets, English - 1800 - 170 pages
...houfelefs wanderer finds an home ? What tho' no kindred croud in fable forth, And figh, or feem to ugh, around his bier ; Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid...by Fate, Thro' penury's rugged path his race he ran ; In earth's cold bofom, equall'd with the great, Death vindicates the infulted rights of Man. Rejoice,... | |
| Charlotte Smith - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 370 pages
...an home? What tho' no kindred croud in sable forth, And sigh, or seem to sigh, around his bier; I0 Tho' o'er his coffin with the humid earth No children drop the unavailing tear? * I have been told that I have incurred blame for having used in this short composition, terms that... | |
| 1792 - 656 pages
...What tho' no kindred crowd in fable forth And figh, or fcem to figh, around the bier ; Tho' o'er hh coffin, with the humid earth, No children drop the unavailing tear ; Rather rejoice, that here hu (brrows ceafe, Whom iii k ni is, age, and poverty, op. preft ; [peace Where Death, the leveller,... | |
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