...mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er...

...ever read Cowper's deeply pathetic lines on the receipt of his mother's picture without tears — " My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I sh«d ?" But I need not quote lines so familiar. The phrase in Psalm xxxv. 14, is very expressive —...

...nio.nctitiry dreum', tliut lliou art she'. My Mother'! when I learned that thou wast dead Sy', wnst thou conscious of the tears I shed'? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son'. Wretch even then', hfe's journey just begun'? Perhaps thou gav'st me', though unfelt', a kiss'; Perhaps a tear', if souls...

...Mother lost so long. I will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief6 — Shall steep me in Elysian revery, A momentary dream, that thou art she. ' 3. My Mother...

...adopt the words of Cowper on receiving his mother's picture, " And, while that face renews my flHal grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief — Shall steep me in Elyslan reverie — A momentary dream, that thou art she." I felt it my duty, now and then, as opportunity...

...in that blissful haven, ' where tempests never beat, nor billows roar.' ' My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, When endless joys with thee had just begun ? Perhaps thou...

...mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall...that thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that (hou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed f Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing...

...mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall...momentary dream, that thou art she. My mother ! when I leam'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er...

...alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And while that face renews my filial grief, K;mcy tried poetry, and some of his 'lamentable doggerel' falling into the hands of Mr Cookesley, S:iy, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even...

...mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : i And Chambers tbat thou art she. My mother ! when I learned that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the...