 Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn of her whom long he lov'd So often fills his arms ; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er...  Solitude - Page 108de Johann Georg ritter von Zimmermann - 1819 - 368 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Macgregor Stirling - 1815 - 230 pages
...softened till peace dwelt once more in the breast of the mourner, and he had a joy even in his grief. Ask the faithful youth why the cold urn of her whom long he loved, so often fills his arms, so often draws his footsteps, silent and unseen, to pay the mournful... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1816 - 282 pages
...beautifully describes ; nor can I forbear quoting the lines he has written to illustrate this truth; Ask the faithful youth, Why the cold urn of her whom...footsteps, at the silent hour, ' » -'To pay the mournful tributeof his tears? Oh, he will te!l thee that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1818 - 210 pages
...Passion, swelling with Distress and Pain, To mitigate the sharp with gracious drops Of cordial Pleasure ? Ask the faithful youth, Why the cold urn of her whom...he lov'd So often fills his arms ; so often draws 685 His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears? Oh ! he will... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - 1818 - 422 pages
...cause and such as the moral sense approves. Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn of her whom long'he lov'd, So often fills his arms ; so often draws His...footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? O ! he will tell thee that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pages
...lines : — Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn of her « hum long he lov'd So often fills his arm, so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute' of his tears ? Oh ! he will tell thee that the wealth of world* Should ne'er seduce his bosom... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 544 pages
...pleasure of grief is beautifully described by Akenside. Pleasures of Imagination, Book II. 1. 680. -Ask the faithful youth, Why the cold urn of her, whom long he loved, So often fills his arms; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...Love protect the scene ? PLEASURE NEXT IN THE PASSIONS OF GRIEF, PITY, AND INDIGNATION. FROM BOOK II. ASK the faithful youth, Why the cold urn of her whom...footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? O ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...passion, swelling with distress and pain To mitigate the sharp with gracious drops Of cordial pleasure ? Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn of her whom...footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 876 pages
...swelling with distress and pain, To mitigate the sharp witli gracious drops Of cordial pleasure .' Ask the faithful youth, Why the cold urn of her whom long he lov'd So oftcns fills his arms ; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...gentleness together; and how sweet Their force, let Fortune's wayward hand the while Be kind or cruel? Ask the faithful youth Why the cold urn, of her whom long he loved, So often fills his arms; so often draws His lonely footsteps, silent and unseen, To pay the... | |
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