twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit ; But if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While visions... Annual Register - Page 686edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
| Cyrus Jay - 1859 - 402 pages
...But if observer pass will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then come again, and thus her hour employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy." Mr. Jay read with much pleasure the Life of Crabbe, by his son; and said that it was a very touching... | |
| Englishmen - 1863 - 912 pages
...that forsook her bed, Awake alike to duty and the dead ; She would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper...While visions please her, and while woes destroy." With all true poets, Crabbe is not merely a moral, but a religious author. For poets at the present... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...that forsook her bod, Awake alike to duty and the dead. She would have grieved had friends presumed to spare The least assistance, — 'twas her proper...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. .fc JAMES MACKINTOSH, 1765-1882. JAMES MACKINTOSH, one of the most distinguished men of his time, and... | |
| William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 pages
...that forsook her bed, Awake alike to duty and the dead ; She would have grieved, had friends presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. FROM "THE PARISH REGISTER." 24:G• AN ENGLISH PEASANT. To pomp and pageantry in nought allied, A noble... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...the grave will bit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit : But if observer pass, will take lier st annihilated, — not a prince, In all that proud old world beyond the deep, E'e hours employ, While visious please her, and while woes destroy, GEORGE CRABI;I: 152 MARINE VIEW. '... | |
| English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit ; But, if observer pass, will take her round, g a Z VHATH And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hours employ, i trt While visions please her, and while woes destroy. = o ITS UTMOST ViEWS, AND BIDS... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...for that forsook her bed, Awake alike to duty and the dead. She would have grieved had they presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. THE IND. CABSELL, PETTEB, ASD r.ALI'lN, BBLLE SAWVAOB WOEKS, LOSDON, BC "77 • * • < •J* . •j... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...for that forsook her bed, Awake alike to duty and the dead. She would have grieved had they presumed to spare The least assistance — 'twas her proper...While visions please her, and while woes destroy. An English Fen — Gipsies. From Tales — Lover's Journey. On either side Is level fen, a prospect... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted 6t ; hee, all soiled, is laid Low ¡' the dust. Such is...to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage An English Fen — Cipsia. From Tales — Lover's Journey. On either side Is level fen, a prospect... | |
| George Crabbe, A. C. Cunningham - 1877 - 568 pages
...forsook her bed, Awake alike to duty and the dead; She would have grieved, had friends presumed to span The least assistance — 'twas her proper care. Here...with the dead; For sure at length thy thoughts, thy spirits pain, In this sad conflict will disturb thy brain; All have their tasks and trials; thine are... | |
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