Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright tears quiver in thy pleading eyes, And now fond thoughts arise, And silver cords again to earth have won me ; And like a vine thou claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart? Littell's Living Age - Seite 2521849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1826 - 820 Seiten
...Bending, her soul brake forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song — "Alas !" she cried, " Alas, my boy ! thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart 1 — How the lone paths retrace, where thou wert playing So late along the mountains at my side !... | |
| 1826 - 820 Seiten
...Bending, her soul brake forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song — "Alas !" she cried, " Alas, my boy ! thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...wert playing So late along the mountains at my side I And I, in joyous pride, By every place of flowers my course delaying, Wove, e'en as pearls, the lilies... | |
| 1826 - 840 Seiten
...Bending, her soul brake forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping ami sad song — " Alas!" she cried, " Alas, my boy ! thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...have won me, And like a vine thou claspest my full heartHow shall I hence depart ?— How the lone paths retrace, where thou wert playing So late along... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 Seiten
...Bending, her soul broke forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song. — " Alas," she cried, " Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright tears quiver in thy pleading eyes, And now fond dioughts arise, And silver cords again to earth have won me ; And like a vine thou claspest my full... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 Seiten
...of nature ' swells high as she parts from her son, on devoting him to the service of the temple. ' Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart ? ' ' And oh ! the home whence thy bright smile hath parted, Will it not seem as if the sunny day Turn'd... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...of nature ' swells high as she parts from her son, on devoting him to the service of the temple. ' Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart ? ' ' And oh ! the home whence thy bright smile hath parted, Will it not seem as if the sunny day Turn'd... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...Bending, her soul brake forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song.—" Alas !" she cried, " Alas, my boy ! thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...have won me, And like a vine thou claspest my full heartHow shall I hence depart ?— " How the lone paths retrace, where thou wert playing So late along... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 Seiten
...Bending, her soul broke forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song. — " Alas," she cried, " Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...pleading eyes, And now fond thoughts arise, And silver conls again to earth have won me ; And like a vine thou claspest my full heart — How shall I hence... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 Seiten
...child Bending, her soul broke forth, in mingled sound Of weeping and sad song. — "Alas," she cried, "Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart P How the lone paths retrace where thou wert playing So late, along the mountains, at iny side ? And... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 Seiten
...child Bending, her soul broke forth, in mingled sounds Of weeping and sad song.—" Alas," she cried, " Alas ! my boy, thy gentle grasp is on me, The bright...cords again to earth have won me ; And like a vine them claspest my full heart — How shall I hence depart? " How the lone paths retrace where thou wert... | |
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