 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - Страниц: 582
...associations with Mrs. Unwin's needles. Cowper's lines are, " Thy MEFDLES, once a shining stow, . i For my sake restless, heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, MY MAHT. " My ' STOCKINGS,' oh, departed friend ! My ' SHIRT,' that I so ofi did rend, ' BREECHES,' that... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 310
...sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress...low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For ray sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly... | |
 | 1822 - Страниц: 136
...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary," contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial, and ordinary image ; I refer Mr. Bowles to the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - Страниц: 600
...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my...restless heretofore, Now rust disused; and shine no more, MyMary,"_ contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial and ordinary image; I refer Mr. Bowles... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1822 - Страниц: 260
...Lordship's interesting and affecting associations with Mrs. UNWIN'S needles. COWPER'S lines are, " Thy NEEDLES, once a shining store, •' For my sake restless, heretofore, " Now njst disus'd, and shine no more, " My MART." Suppose it were written more closely, according to the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - Страниц: 244
...sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a. fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress...thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou play'dst the housewife's part,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - Страниц: 464
...sky was overcast. Ah would thatrtiis might be the test, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow ; I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress...thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou play'dst the housewife's part,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - Страниц: 330
...this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary !' Thy...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | 1826 - Страниц: 440
...Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought Ihee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, aud shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wonldst fulfil The same kind office for me still,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - Страниц: 402
...sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress...For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind oflice for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou play'dst the housewife's... | |
| |
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! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds... 
