 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pagina’s
...ourselves of insensibility, were we not to transcribe them: •TO MARY. ' The 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 daily weaker grow — 1 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pagina’s
...relics of her heauty view And own that all she said was true. TO MARY. The 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 daily weaker grow— 'Twas my distress,th»t brought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pagina’s
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. T o MAR T. The 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 daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pagina’s
...his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. TO MARY. rpHE twentieth year is well nigh past, -*- Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last! My Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pagina’s
...can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. , ' f The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 312 pagina’s
...cannot suppress for my life, How soon I can make her a mother. TO MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky -was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary J. Thy spirits have a fainter flow, -I see thee daily weaker grow — . 'Twas my distress that brought... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pagina’s
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE 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 daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pagina’s
...Earth can exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. MARY. THE twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this might he the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pagina’s
...free, v ;•' , » . TO * : '• MARY.'' ' * •'• [AUTUMN OF 1793.] THE 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 daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pagina’s
...Since I rwriv'J him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. v [Autumn of 1793.] THE 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 daily weaker grow Twas my distress, that brought thee... | |
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THE twentieth year is wellnigh 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 daily weaker grow; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary... 
