 Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learnt that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun...  Poems ...by William Cowper - 1885 - 334 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed 1 Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, liie's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - Mothers - 1850 - 150 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie— A momentary dream that thou art she. My mother I when I learn'd that thou wast dead. Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing sonWretch, even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, Л momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother! when I learned fate : 1 love a maid who all my bosom charms, Yet...days without this lovely mate ; Inhuman fortune keep Wretched e'en then, life's journey just begun 1 Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss • Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, Л momentary dream, that thou art-she. My Mother! when 1 learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed! Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowinR son, Wretched e'en then, life's journey just begun! Perhaps thou... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch 4 even then, life's journey* just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | Recitations - 1905 - 636 pages
...relief, Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | English literature - 1905 - 642 pages
...relief", Shall steep me in Elysiun revery, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy son-owing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 920 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. V My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she. 20 My mother! when I learnt that thou wast dead Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou... | |
 | American poetry - 1907 - 372 pages
...Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, 338 Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps... | |
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