 Doom'd, as I am, in solitude to waste The present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The dull effect of humour, or of spleen...  The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine: Containing ... - Pagina 801824Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cowper - 1877 - 462 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...Still, still I mourn, with each returning day, Him snatched by fate, in early youth, away ; And her, through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fized in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain ! O prone to pity, generous, and sincere, Whose eye ne'er yet refused the wretch a tear ; Whose heart... | |
 | William Cowper - 1883 - 274 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost, Call not this gloom I wear,...Him snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And her — through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain ! Oh... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - 352 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost, Call not this gloom I wear,...Still, still I mourn, with each returning day, Him snatched by fate in early youth away ; And her through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fixed in her... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 pagina’s
...and Colman began, but his favorite companion was Sir William Russell, alluded to in the lines — " Still, still, I mourn with each returning day, Him snatch'd by fate in early youth away." Among his associates there were Warren Hastings, the future celebrated governor-general of India, and... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 pagina’s
...and Colman began, but his favorite companion was Sir William Russell, alluded to in the lines — " Still, still, I mourn with each returning day, Him snatch'd by fate in early youth away." Among his associates there were Warren Hastings, the future celebrated governor-general of India, and... | |
 | William Jesse - 1886 - 450 pagina’s
...The present moments and regret the past, Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost — Call not this gloom I wear,...Him snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And her, through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain. Oh ! prone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pagina’s
...love is worse than death, And frustrate hope severer than despair. ON THE DEATH OF SIR W. RUSSELL. 1 6 Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The...Still, still I mourn, with each returning day, Him snatched by fate in early youth away, And her, through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fixed in her... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1892 - 742 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost. Call not this gloom I wear,...Still, still, I mourn, with each returning day, Him snatched by fate in early youth away ; And her—thro' tedious years of doubt and pain, Fixed in her... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1892 - 744 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost. Call not this gloom I wear,...anxious mien, The dull effect of humour or of spleen 1 Still, still, I mourn, with each returning day, Him snatched by fate in early youth away ; And her... | |
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