 Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky...  The Works of the British Poets - Seite 121von Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1157 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 Seiten
...me thus to live, and thus to die ! Who fprung from Kings (hall know lefs joy than I. 405 O Friend I may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine: Me, let the tender office longengagt, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 376 Seiten
...other / following lines of Mr. POPE, which were defcriptive of their filial affeftion towards her. Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the...cradle of repofing age ; With lenient arts, extend a Mutter's breath, Make langour (mile, and fmooth the bed of death ; Explore the thought, explain the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 Seiten
...pathetically alludes to his filial duty. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine: Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 Seiten
...pathetically alludes to his filial duty. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a MotheVs breath, Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 Seiten
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage,...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore NOTE S. VER. 397. Nor Jar' J an Oath,]... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 Seiten
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repoling Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 Seiten
...defcription of that filial Piery, in the excrcife of which he niak;s his own happinefs to confill : " Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the Cradle of tepofing Age ; With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic hliss he thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's hreath, Make languor smile, and smoothe the hed of... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine ; Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Mike Languor smile, and smooth the bed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 Seiten
...kings shall know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic bliss he thine ! 406 Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make languor smile, and smooth the hed... | |
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