 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...the poet in the most elegant and touching expressions to the susceptible nature of his own heart. " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary! " For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow— My Alary! Tw as my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds uot... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...have a fainter flow, _, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, . For my...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office forme... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more; For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary . Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1821 - 572 pages
...effect of your Lordship's interesting and affecting associations with Mrs. Uimin's needles. Cowper's "' Thy NEEDLES, once a shining store, For my sake restless,...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, MY MART. " My ' STOCKING?,' oh, departed friend ! My ' SHIRT,' that I so ofi did read, ' I i !•• t:... | |
 | Fabius (pseud.) - 1821 - 112 pages
...interesting and affecting associations with Mrs. Unwin's needles. Cowper's lines are, " Thy HEEDLES, once a shining store, For my sake restless, heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, MT MART. " My ' STOCKINGS,' oh, departed friend! My ' SHIRT,' that I so oft did rend, ' BREECHES,'... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1821 - 582 pages
...associations with Mrs. Unwin's needles. Cowper's lines are, " Thy MEFDLES, once a shining stow, . i For my sake restless, heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, MY MAHT. " My ' STOCKINGS,' oh, departed friend ! My ' SHIRT,' that I so ofi did rend, ' BREECHES,' that... | |
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Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no more, My Mary! 
