 THAT those lips had language ! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same, that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my...  The Poetical Melange - Page 221828Full view - About this book
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...DALE. LINES WRITTEN ON RECEIVING HIS MOTHER' PICTURR O TH»T those lips had language! Life has passM With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own swer t smile I see, The same, that oft in childhood solac'd me : Voice only fails, else how distinct... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...OUT OF NORFOLK, THE GIFT OP MY COUSIN, ANN BODHAM. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — tliy own sweet smile I SCR, The same that ofl in childhood solac'd me; Voice only fails, else how... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...exposure. LESSON CXII. Verses on receiving his Mother's Picture.—COWPER. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine—thy own sweet smile I see, The same, that oft in childhood sola'ced me : Voice only fails,... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...COWPER'S LINES ON THE RECEIPT OF HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE. On that those lips had language ! Life has pasted With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine,— thine own sweet smile I tee, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...India to the Pole. Dr. AUdn. ON MY MOTHER'S PI,CTUBE. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those...sweet smile I see, The same, that oft in childhood, solac'd me ; Voice only fails ; else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...portrait from Mrs. Ann Bodham, a relation in Norfolk : — O that those lips had language ! Life has pau'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thine own sweet smile I see. The same, that oft in childhood solac'd me ; ********* Faithful remembrancer... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...reigns'! SECTION XVII. On receiving his Mother's Picture. — COWPER. 0 THAT those lips had language'! Life has passed' With me but roughly since I heard*...fails', else', how distinct they say', " Grieve not', myb child', chase all thy fears away'!" The meek intelligence of those dear eyes', (Blest be the art... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...LESSON CXII. Verses on receiving his Mother's Picture. — COWPER. O THAT those lips had language 1 Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard...say, " Grieve not my child, chase all thy fears away 1" The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...practised in Norwich as a painter and engraver.] OH that those lips had language ! Life' has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smiles I see, The same, that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they... | |
 | 1836 - 296 pages
...read a few lines. ' O that those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I saw thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet...fears away !' The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blessed be the art that can immortalize, The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it)... | |
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