The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain. But when I speak — thou... The London Magazine - Page 1411827Full view - About this book
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...free alone are given — But what have slaves with nature ?" IF I HAD THOUGHT THOU COULDST HAVE DIED. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not...side, That thou couldst mortal be ! It never through ray mind had past, The time would e'er be o'er, — And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...Et desiderio noctes terit aeger, amatae Audiat ut motuт, sole oriente, pedem. , VIII. t£o JWarg. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when at thy side, That thou couldst mortal be : It never through my mind had passed, The time would e'er... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...Et desiderio noctcs tcrit œger, amatœ Audiat ut inotum, sole oriente, pedem. GS VIII. ®o Jttarg. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when at thy side, That thou couldst mortal be : It never through my mind had passed, The time would e'er... | |
| 1846 - 780 pages
...in the second quotation corresponds with the song composed by Wolfe in a flood of tears : — " Tt never through my mind had past The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more. * At a subséquent period we meet with a... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...®o JWarg. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot, when at thy side, That thou couldst mortal be : It never through my mind had passed, The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no... | |
| Irishman - 1847 - 308 pages
...desire of a friend he gave his own conception of it in these verses : — If I had thought thou eould'st have died, I might not weep for thee ; But I forgot when by thy side, That thou eould'st mortal be ; * It may be needless to observe, that this is precisely the essential result of... | |
| Literature - 1856 - 542 pages
...remarkable for their melody and their pathos. The temptation to quote them is too strong to be resisted. If I had thought thou could'st have died, I might...my mind had past The time would e'er be o'er, And I nn thee should look my last And thou hlmuld'sl smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...clear, For 't is my faith, that after death We still shall linger here. j. H. PEKKIHS. LAMENT FOR MARY. IF I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not...thou couldst mortal be. It never through my mind had passed That time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no... | |
| John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 424 pages
...beautifully embodied. SONG. Air — " Gramachree." If I had thought thou could'st have died, I might uot weep for thee ; But I forgot, when by thy side, That...mind had past. The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou should'st smile no more. • And still upon that face I look, And... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...fore-part of the feet, and the head erect as will be seen in Fig. 15. SONG— TO MARY. BY THE REV. C. WOUE. If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not...mind had past The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more 1 And still upon that face I look, And think... | |
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