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... The Ladies' Companion - Página 1981861Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head ! Tltf same. AN HOUR WITH THEE. An... | |
| James Paul - 1858 - 264 páginas
...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... | |
| James White - 1858 - 316 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
| Thomas Greenbury - 1860 - 154 páginas
...stanza of Sir Walter Scott's— "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, — 'Twas such these pious women shed Around the dying hero's hed." As I gazed on that affecting picture,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 páginas
...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 ANULKNT HISTOEY. 497 PART XI. HISTORICAL. ANCIENT HISTORY PRIOR... | |
| Thomas J. Potter - 1861 - 330 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head ! SCOTT. DUBLIN: JAMES DUFFY, 7,... | |
| Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head ! Scott. FAREWELL. DEAH native... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1863 - 366 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head ! " Eight years later, when I was... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! THOMSON. — Winter. TEAR. — A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head 1 SCOTT — Lady of the Lake, Canto... | |
| Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere - 1863 - 444 páginas
...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 a duteous daughter's head t Yet the girl who has merited such... | |
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