 | John William Lester - English literature - 1847 - 376 pages
...sorrow's trace, I would not draw one single tear For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...For, though I would not see thee weep, The heart, methiuks, should not be gay, That would the fast of feeling keep For her who loves it, far away. No... | |
 | John William Lester - English literature - 1848 - 112 pages
...sorrow's trace, I would not draw one single tear For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...not why It is a woman's thought! — but while Thou eiferest to my memory, The tribute should not be — a smile ! For, though I would not see thee weep,... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1866 - 752 pages
...sorrow's trace, I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face ! As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...of heaven, As call one tear-drop to thine eye! Yet O, my love ! — I know not why, It is a woman's thought! — but while Thou offerest to my memory,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...sorrow's trace, I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, ` u w w2v t t y y?X f)0 x u y y yXx^s uiy y rou s M xbZ g+x ywx prison'd floods of heaven, As call one tear-drop to thine eye. Yet oh, my love ! I know not why It... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 552 pages
...sorrow's trace ; I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...should not be gay That would the fast of feeling keep For her who loves it, far away. No ! Give me but a single sigh Pure as we breathed in happier hours,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...sorrow's trace, I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...floods of heaven, As call one tear-drop to thine eye. THOMAS KIBBLE HERV«Y. THE LITTLE MATCH-GIRL Gretchen, little Gretchen wanders up and down the street... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...sorrow's trace. I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...floods of heaven, As call one teardrop to thine eye. — Thomas Kibble Hervey. RELIGION. God. OTHOU eternal One! whose presence bright All space doth occupy,... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...sorrow's trace. I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given. Pluck out the bow from yonder...floods of heaven, As call one teardrop to thine eye. — Thomas Kibble Hervty. 230 RELIGION. God. f~\ THOU eternal One! whose presence bright \J All space... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1895 - 552 pages
...sorrow's trace ; I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...floods of heaven, As call one teardrop to thine eye. 253 Thou offerest to my memory, The tribute should not be a smile ; For, though I would not see thee... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1900 - 588 pages
...sorrow's trace; I would not draw one single tear, For worlds, down that beloved face. As soon would I, if power were given, Pluck out the bow from yonder...not why : It is a woman's thought — but while Thou offer est to my memory, The tribute should not be a smile ; For, though I would not see thee weep,... | |
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... an eye as bright Is dimmed, a heart as true is broken, And turn thee from thy land of light To waste on these some little token. But do not weep : I could not bear To stain thy cheek with sorrow's trace ; I would not draw one single tear, For worlds,... 