 Sorrows I've had, severe ones, I will not think of now; And calmly, midst my dear ones. Have wasted with dry brow; But when thy fingers press And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-born of thy mother,...  Foliage, Or, Poems Original and Translated - Page xlviiby Leigh Hunt - 1818 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1818 - 590 pages
...pat my stooping head, , I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah ! first born of thy mother, When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...father too : My light, where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion — no— My prayers shall hold thee round. To say—" he has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1818 - 574 pages
...pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness — The tears are in their bed. Ah ! first born of thy mother, When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...father too : My light, where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, My hand-in-hand companion— no— My prayers shall hold thee round. To say — " he... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...brow; But when thy fingers press Aud pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, The tears arc in their bed. Ah '. first-born of thy mother, When...father too ; — My light where'er I go, My bird when prison-bound, J\T v hand-in-hand companion ; — no, My prayers shall hold thee round." But we cannot... | |
 | 1826 - 240 pages
...shrink, That I had less to praise. Thy sidelong pillowed meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thv heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid...light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison bound, My hand-in-hand companion, — nc. My prayers shall hold thee ro'.nii. To •ay " He hew departed ''"... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...And pat my stooping head, I caunot bear the gentleness, The tears are in their bed. Ah, first-horn of thy mother, When life and hope were new, Kind playmate...Thy sister, father, too ; My light where'er I go, My hird when prison-hound, My band in hand companion, no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say " He... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...things that may demand ' Dread memories for years. Sorrows I 've had, severe ones, I will not th'nk of now ; And calmly, midst my dear ones, Have wasted...father, too ; • My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1832 - 448 pages
...meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid ; N2 The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears,...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To say " He has... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1832 - 438 pages
...meekness, Thy thanks to all that aid, Thy heart, in pain and weakness, Of fancied faults afraid ; N 2 The little trembling hand That wipes thy quiet tears,...father too ; My light, where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My hand in hand companion, — no, • My prayers shall hold thee round. To say " He... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 572 pages
...him with water, after which he is carefully driven back to bis lair. ON THE DEATH OF MY FIRST-BORN. SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little patient...father, too My light where'er I go, My bird, when prison-bound, My band-in-hand companion — no, My prayers shall bold thee round. To say, " He has... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...: But when thy fingers press, And pat my stooping head, I cannot bear the gentleness, — HUNT. 159 Ah ! firstborn of thy mother, When life and hope were...Thy sister, father, too : My light where'er I go. My hird when prison bound, — My hand in hand companion, — no, My prayers shall hold thee round. To... | |
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