 Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon...  The Ladies' Companion - Seite 1981861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! Tltf same. AN HOUR WITH THEE. An... | |
 | James Paul - 1858 - 264 Seiten
...sound of the Gospel. Sir Walter Scott, speaking of parental affection, says beautifully— "Is there a tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek t "Ks that by a pious father shed Upon a duteous daughter's head." 4 There is yet another, perhaps... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; "Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
 | Thomas Greenbury - 1860 - 154 Seiten
...stanza of Sir Walter Scott's— "And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, — 'Twas such these pious women shed Around the dying hero's hed." As I gazed on that affecting picture,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven : And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed ANULKNT HISTOEY. 497 PART XI. HISTORICAL. ANCIENT HISTORY PRIOR... | |
 | Thomas J. Potter - 1861 - 330 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, "Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! SCOTT. DUBLIN: JAMES DUFFY, 7,... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 Seiten
...earth in them than heaven : And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, — A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, — 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! Scott. FAREWELL. DEAH native... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1863 - 366 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven : And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek : 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! " Eight years later, when I was... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 Seiten
...conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! THOMSON. — Winter. TEAR. — A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head 1 SCOTT — Lady of the Lake, Canto... | |
 | Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere - 1863 - 444 Seiten
...of earth in them than heaven, And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head t Yet the girl who has merited such... | |
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