 Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more; My Mary...  Works: Life and Letters - Pàgina 5per William Cowper - 1835Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pàgines
...a fainter flow, My Mary» 'Tvvas my distress that brought thee low, I see them daily weaker grow jj Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shino no more, "or though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind olneo for me still,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 488 pàgines
...well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah ! would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! 2 Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twaa my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! 3 Thy needles, once a shining store, For my... | |
 | William Smyth - 1855 - 588 pàgines
...the word " my ?" says Mr. Godwin. You remember Cowper's poem to Mrs. Unwin in the decline of life : " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary." And he goes on with words and pronouns, ending, as he supposes, each stanza in the most emphatic manner,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pàgines
...last ! My Mary • Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twos my diltress that brought thee low, My Mary' Thy needles, once...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary" or though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | Walter Barnes - 1915 - 602 pàgines
...was overcast ; Ah would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I sec thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that...sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused and shine 110 more; My Mary! WILLIAM COWPER 235 For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | Ernest Alfred Vizetelly - 1915 - 396 pàgines
...twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast. Ah ! would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary!' Mrs Unwin passed away at the end of 1796, but Cowper lived on, lonely and oppressed by religious thoughts,... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pàgines
...twentieth year is well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last ! u, now," as who should say) And his weapon in the other, yet unwipedl It 's not 1 Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, i Now rust disused, and shine... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 952 pàgines
...well-nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last I My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...grow; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary I Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, 10 Now rust disused, and shine... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 pàgines
...well-nigh past, Since our first sky was overcast;1 Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary I 6 Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, 10 For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 pàgines
...sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, 5 I see thee daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that...a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, 10 Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind... | |
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