 STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ; Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the Nile's proud fight he...  Poems - Page 141by Amelia Opie - 1806 - 185 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 200 pages
...plenty. earn, work for. em-ploy', work. are dead. shud'-der-ing, trembling. vic'-tor-y, triumph. " STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale ; Ah ! sure my look rffust pity wake, Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 200 pages
...murmuring, but content under trouble. Pride, thinking too highly of one's self. VII.— THE ORPHAN BOY. 1. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale! Ah! sure my looks must pity wake — 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. IB III. M 2. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 200 pages
...Toivns1 of Lancashire. READING-ROOMS, MT'SE1'M, AND ART (;ALI.ERY, HVERPOOL. 57. -THE ORPHAN BOY. " GTAY, lady, stay ! for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless...orphan's tale ; Ah ! sure, my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...his own, and other songs More beautiful to Nature and to Thee. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. AMELIA OPIE. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale; Ah! sure my looks must pity wake; 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pole. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope... | |
 | R. Anna Morris - 1892 - 204 pages
...to objects near or below the level of the eye. Emotive. An outward expression of an inward feeling. "Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale." A Few Important Rules for Gesture. 1. First, stand properly. Half the battle is gained when we have... | |
 | 1893 - 638 pages
...objects near or below the level of the eye. Emotive. — An outward expression of an inward feeling. "Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale." A FEW IMPORTANT RULES FOR GESTURE. 1. First, stand properly. Half the battle is gained wheu we have... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 592 pages
...joyous voice, remains on his memory as one of the loveliest it has been his good fortune to witness." THE ORPHAN BOY's TALE. Stay, Lady, stay, for mercy's...helpless orphan's tale. Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake ; 'Tis want that makes my cheeks so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1898 - 200 pages
...splendid ; glorious. [vourite. Shud-der-ing, trembling with fear Wake, rouse ; excite. Were I, if I were. STAY, lady ! stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless...orphan's tale ; Ah ! sure my looks must pity wake* — Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride,* And my brave father's hope... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1900 - 524 pages
...a heavy cost The secret of love's persistency: I too have loved and lost. GEORGE ARNOLD. THE OKPHAN BOY'S TALE. STAY, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale; Ah I sure my looks must pity wake : 'Tis want that makes my cheek so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 428 pages
...(1825); " Detraction Displayed " (1828). She also published from time to time several volumes of verse. THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE. STAY, Lady, stay, for mercy's...sure my looks must pity wake; T is want that makes my cheeks so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy ; But in the Nile's... | |
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