| Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 страници
...might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'T was my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! -ua For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 508 страници
...might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow'Twas my distress that brought thee low My Mary ! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now nist disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 476 страници
...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 ! Thy needles,...restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; For, though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 страници
...appropriate place. TO MARY.; Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary! But well thon play'dst the housewife's part, And all thy threads, with magic art, Have wound themselves about... | |
| 1851 - 592 страници
...a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Maiy ! Thy needles once a shining store, For my sake restless...sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thon play'dst the huswife's part, • And all thy threads, with magic art, Have wound themselves about... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought the« ؛ * Bight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou playMet the housewife's part, And all thy threads,... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 624 страници
...fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low My Mary! Thy needle*, a text would touch him at the quick : View him at...Surrounding throngs the demi-god revere j Exalted on hi fulfJ The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary! But well thou... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 790 страници
...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 ! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd. and shine no more, My Mary! For, though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 страници
...appropriate place. TO MARY.; Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles,...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now in.-? disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thon gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office... | |
| William Cowper - 1852 - 466 страници
...I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that hrought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store,...all thy threads with magic art Have wound themselves ahout this heart. My Mary ! Thy indistinct expressions seem Like language utter'd in a dream ; Yet... | |
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