Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary... Poems - Seite 452von William Cowper - 1850 - 514 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 Seiten
...My Mary I ' Thy needles, once a shining store ! For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! ' For though thou gladly...still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! And all thy threads with magic art, '.• . Have wound themselves about this heart, • But well... | |
| William Hayley - 1803 - 452 Seiten
...overcast, Ah would that this might be the last A My Mary ! Thy spirits ham a fainter flow, 1 see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought...store ! For my sake restless heretofore; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly would 'st fulfil The same kind office... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 442 Seiten
...be .the last A •.. My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — J ' Twas my distress that brought thee. low% . My Mary...store ! For my sake restless heretofore; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Alary ! i For though thou gladly would' st fulfil The same kind office... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 456 Seiten
...might be the last! My Mary / Thy spirits have afainter flow, I see thee daily -weaker grow— 'Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary / Thy needles,...store ! For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind ojficefor... | |
| 1803 - 818 Seiten
...be the last ! My Mary. " Thy spirits have a fainter How, 1 -'•.•e thee daily weaker prow", Twa» my distress that brought thee low, My Mary. " Thy...a shining store ! For my sake restless heretofore, Xow rust disus'd, and shine no more. My Mary. " Por though thou gladly would'st fulfil The ^ame kind... | |
| William Hayley - 1805 - 220 Seiten
...low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly...will, My Mary ! But well thou playd'st the housewife's partj And all thy threads, with magic art, Have wound themselves about this heart, My Mary ! Thy indistinct... | |
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 Seiten
...low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restlesi heretofore ; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more. My Mary ! For though thou gladly...still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! Put well thou play 'd'st the house-wife's part . And all thy threads with magic art, #»ve wound... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 486 Seiten
...Mary! 158 Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disus'd, a^id shine no more, .' . ... My Mary! For though thou gladly...not thy will, My Mary! But well thou play'd'st the huswife's pan, And all thy threads with magic art, Have wound themselves about this heart. My Mary!... | |
| William Hayley - 1806 - 488 Seiten
...• Thy needles, once a shining store, . «, For my sake restless heretofore ; . . Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, - . . My Mary! For though thou...sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary! But well thou playM'st the huswife's part, And all thy threads with magic art, Have wound themselves about this heart.... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...was overcast, Ah would that this might be the last! My Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee...a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore; How rust disuft'd, and striae no more, For though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind office... | |
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