Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burn'd hair, She had not known her child. Romance and Reality - Seite 59von Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1845 - 596 Seiten
...sunk, alas, the while, And when he struggled at a smile His eye looked haggard wild ! Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare If she had been in presence there, — In his wan face and faded hair, — She had not known her child. Such is the history of Ciocci's^rsf... | |
| Eliza Cook, Miss Barrett - 1848 - 298 Seiten
...grave, May it wake in thee repentance, Stinging when too late to save ! THE CRUSADER'S RETURN. " Alas ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeks and sunburnt hair She had not known her child." — Marmton. REST, pilgrim, rest... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1848 - 298 Seiten
...grave, May it wake in thee repentance, Stinging when too late to save! THE CRUSADER'S RETURN. " Alas! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeks and sunburnt hair She had not known her child."—•Mammon. REST, pilgrim, rest!—thou... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1850 - 1088 Seiten
...own. It was a schooled, worldly, set countenance; one from which, without being at all aged, yonth had utterly departed. Early years seemed not to have...might it be said— " The mother that him bare, If ahp had been in presence there, Wonld not hare known her child." The face, on the contrary, opposite... | |
| James Gallaher - 1850 - 420 Seiten
...may apply to it the description given by the Scotch poet of one of his heroes : — ' Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheek, and sunburnt hair, She had not known her son' The fact is notorious, that, since... | |
| James Gallaher - 1850 - 412 Seiten
...may apply to it the description given by the Scotch poet of one of his heroes : — ' Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheek, and sunburnt hair, She had not known her son.' The fact is notorious, that, since... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1851 - 520 Seiten
...indulgence. It is with him that I would speak. Let us rejoin the sportsmen." CHAPTER XVIH. Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been In presence there, In his wan face, and sunburnt hah*, She had not known her child. , , . , ,, , . Scqrx. . IT diminished,... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1852 - 532 Seiten
...character was cold, severe, and possessing an energy that was of the mind alone. The large clear grey eyes seemed rather to penetrate into you, than to...contrary, opposite to him, was bright with all the colours and emotions of youth. The fair wide forehead was a throne spread by the imagination for intellect... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 Seiten
...sunk, alas the while ! And when he straggled at a smile, His eye looked haggard wild. Poor wretch! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burned hair, She had not known her child. Danger, long travel, want, or woe,... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 Seiten
...hours, They break forth in glory—bring flowers, bright flowers ! THE CRUSADER'S RETURN. " Alas ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan cheeksjaml sunburnt hair She had not known her child." REST, pilgrim, rest ! — thou'rt... | |
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