 Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on sorrow's wound, and slowly thence, Lulling to sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away; On thee I rest my only hope at last...  Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 18by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1857 - 332 pages
...but the notion of helping the law, took every morsel of strength out of my forefinger." CHAPTER VI. " On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the hitter tear, That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...ultimately obtained the rectory of Bremhill, in the same county, where he died 7th April 1850. TO TIME. O TIME ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...repose the weary sense — The faint pang stealest, unperceived, away ; On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think when thou hast dried the bitter... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...loss of breath, And leaves no epilogue but Death ! DR HENRY KING, 1591-1669. TIME THE COMFORTER. O TIME ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...sad repose the weary sense) The faint pang stealest, unperceived, away! On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think when thou hast dried the bitter tear... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...loss of breath, And leaves no epilogue but Death ! DR HENRY KING, 1591-1669. TIME THE COMFORTER. O TIME ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...sad repose the weary sense) The faint pang stealest, unperceived, away! On thee I rest my only hope at last, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - Sonnets, American - 1867 - 722 pages
...wound, and slowly thence (Lulling to sad repose the weary sense) The faint pang stealest, unperceived, away ; On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky. John Clare. CLXXVIII TIME. 0 Time! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away; On thee I rest my only hope at last, 5 And think, when thou hast dried the bitter... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...wish to linger many a summer's day, Nor heeds how fast the prospect winds away. SOXA'ET TO TIME. 0 Time! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on sorrow's wound, and slowly thence (Lulling to sat! repose the weary sense) The faint pang stealest, unperceived, away ; On thee I rest my only hope... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky. John Clare. CLXXXI TIME. 0 Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away; On thee I rest my only hope at last, 5 And think, when thou hast dried the bitter... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...world's great roll can thus unfold, Enjoys a pleasure better than gold. 2867. TIME, Consolation of. 0 Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on sorrow's woun 8.nd slowly thenco. Lulling to sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away ; On thee I... | |
 | John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...joy once heard and heard no more. WILLIAM LISLE Bo\VLES. 1762 — 1850. INFLUENCE OF TIME ON GRIEF. 0 TIME ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay Softest on...sad repose the weary sense, The faint pang stealest unperceived away ; On thee I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter... | |
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