 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 484 pages
...result of an early attention to objects of sympathy is productive of beneficial consequences. ' i " Some feelings are to mortals given " With less of...and so meek, " It would not stain an angel's cheek — " "Pis that which pious fathers shed " Upon a duteous daughter's head!"* This effusion of paternal... | |
 | 1855 - 782 pages
...been in exactly a similar situation to those initiated by misfortune. " Some feelings arc to mortal- given. With less of earth in them than heaven ; And...limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek — Til that which pious fathers shed Vpon a duteous daughter's head I " What would you have said,... | |
 | Frances Brooke - 1818 - 250 pages
...priest's, as the song says." CHAPTER XX. And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear— A tear so limpid and so meek, It would...angel's cheek ; 'Tis that which pious fathers shed a duteous daughter's head. LADY or THE LAKE. T HAT day which had nineteen times been passed at Ballinamoyle... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...dear form his mother's hand, ''^The islet far hehind her lay, And she had landed in the hay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there he a hnman tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It wonld not... | |
 | 1818 - 266 pages
...fondly pressed the lovely child to her heart, her countenance expressed those feelings — " Which are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than Heaven --" For affliction had indeed " touched her looks witk something that was scarce earthly," and, when... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...eagerly while Roderick scann'd, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely press'd, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd,... | |
 | 1813 - 998 pages
...make known thy name." We ought to he affected by such considerations, and with no common emotions : Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...For her dear form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd,... | |
 | Relapse - 1824 - 230 pages
...to her the combined endearments of 'every other tender relation in life. He did indeed feel, that " if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed . O'er a duteous daughter's head." ID all her good resolutions and... | |
 | Nicholas Marcellus Hentz - 1825 - 288 pages
...CHAPTER XIII. Some feelings are to mortals given With less ot earth in them than heavm ; And if there he a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It could not stain an angel's check, *T is that, which pious fathers shed, Upon a duteous daughter's head.... | |
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Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon... 
