 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 1091855Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Mark Forrester - 1855 - 358 pagina’s
...will never naughty be, So they '11 always stay with me. Filial Devotion. "Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And if there he a human tear, From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid, and so meek, It would not... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pagina’s
...hand, The islet far behind her lay, And she hnd landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven •...and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's hend ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pagina’s
...the flame; — 0 need I tell that passion's name ! PATERNAL AFFECTION. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven; And...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pagina’s
...band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 680 pagina’s
...was silent, his eye rested upon her, and the lines came to my mind— "Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them, than Heaven: And...and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek— 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head!" After a stay of about three weeks... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 pagina’s
...her lay, And she had landed in the bay. 22 Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of eartli in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear...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... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 pagina’s
...light shallop, for she has heard her father's signalhorn on the mainland. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pagina’s
...islet far behind her lay, And she liad landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals giveu, With less of earth in them than heaven And if there...dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, , poem ha* neUom, if ever, been inlronm-ea with finei efiVrt, » in я manner better calculated to... | |
 | James Paul - 1858 - 264 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1879 - 58 pagina’s
...name, who wept over his daugh- • ters when they came to cheer him : Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven. And...limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which a loving father sheds Upon his duteous daughter's head t And as the Douglas to his... | |
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