Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy ; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire the son shall be In form and soul ; but, ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame, thy worth,... The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Page 25by Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1810 - 702 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine; Bright as his manly sire the son shall be In form und soul; but ah! more blest than he! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last Shall sooth this aching heart for all the past; With many a smile, my solitude repay; And chase the world's... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine; Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul; but, ah! more blest than he! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past— With many a smile my solitude repay, And chase the world's ungenerous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul ; but, ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past.... With many a smile my solitude repay, And chase the world's ungenerous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 144 pages
...thy father's heart and mine 5 Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul ; but, ah i more blest than he ! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past...'. With many a smile my solitude repay, And chase the world's... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...and mine; ** ' Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be " ' In form and soul ; but, ah ! more blast than he ! *' ' Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, *' ' Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past — " ' With many a smile my solitude repay, " ' And chase the world's... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine; Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul; but, ah! more blest than he! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past— With many a smile ray solitude repay, And chace the world's ungenerous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1813 - 164 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine; Bright as his manly sire, the son shall be In form and soul; but ah! more blest than he! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall sooth this aching heart for all the past-— With many a smile my solitude repay, And chace the world's... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...; but ah ! more blest than he ! Thy farjie, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past ; With many a smile...the world's ungenerous scorn away ; And say, when summon'd from the world and thee, I lay my head beneath the willow tree, Wilt thou sweet mourner, at... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1817 - 166 pages
...that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire the son shall be In form and soul ; but, ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, Shall sooth his aching heart for all the past — With many a smile my solitude repay, And chase the world's... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 252 pages
...hut, ah ! more hlest than he ' Thy fame, thy worth, thy filial love, at last, 235 Shall soothe this aching heart for all the past— With many a smile...the world's ungenerous scorn away. " And say, when summon'd from the world and thee, I lay my head heneath the willow tree, 240 Wilt 1Aon, sweet mourner... | |
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