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" I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? "
The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence - Page 398
by William Cowper - 1824
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The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious ..., Volume 2

Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...sorrowing son, \Vretch^iiW;n rtjfn, life's journey just begun? I heard tne beffloll'd on thy burial-day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A longj Jong sigh, and wept it last adieu. But was it such r It was ! — Where thou art gone, Adieus...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss-j Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bli«s — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, 1 saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nure'ry window, drew A long, long sigh,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.......long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?....It was....Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; ~\ Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss...maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...souls can weep in bliss — s• Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes. J I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such r — it was. — Where...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss...hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unseen, a kiss ; terhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— Ah that maternal...hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu! But was it such ? — It was. — Where...
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Variety, Or, Selections and Essays: Consisting of Anecdotes, Curious Facts ...

Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...son, Wretch, even then, life's journey just begun. Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss i Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Ah that...toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore the slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu !...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...-Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st roe, though unfelt, a kiss ; "t Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss— > Ah that maternal smile ! it answers— Yes. J I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, J saw the hearse, that bore thee slow away, And, turning...
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Poems [ed. by J. Newton]. Illustr. with engr. from the designs of ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...sorr'wing son, "Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss...slow away, And, turning from my nurs'ry window, drew so A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was — Where thou art gone Adieus...
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