 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 252 sider
...admire. Thou bright,Alluring dream ! thou dazzling star! Where shall we find thee ! Thou art eall'd Fickle and vain, and worthless of pursuit, Yet »...have fled. With rapid footsteps o'er thy head; Have pass'd with ail their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 716 sider
...Where shall we find thee ! Thou art call'd Fickle and vain, and worthless of pursuit, Yet » * * * * ON MY MOTHER'S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY. YES, mother, fifty...have fled, With rapid footsteps o'er thy head ; Have pass'd with all their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain ! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Caroline May - 1848 - 624 sider
...rolling on, Impels me towards the tomb, Prepare for me a glorious crown, Through endless years to bloom. ON MY MOTHER'S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY YES, mother, fifty...have fled, With rapid footsteps o'er thy head; Have pass'd with all their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain ! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Caroline May - 1848 - 636 sider
...rolling on, Impels me towards the tomb, Prepare for me a glorious crown, Through endless years to bloom. ON MY MOTHER'S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY YES, mother, fifty...have fled, With rapid footsteps o'er thy head; Have pass'd with all their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain ! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1851 - 492 sider
...shall we find thee ! Thou art call'd Fickle and vain, and worthless of pursuit, Yet * • * • • ON MY MOTHER'S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY. YES, mother, fifty...have fled, With rapid footsteps o'er thy head ; Have pass'd with all their motley train. And left thee on thy couch of pain ! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson - 1852 - 494 sider
...years may copy and admire. Thou hright, alluring dream ! thou dazzling star' Where shall we find thee ! Thou art call'd Fickle and vain, and worthless of...have fled, With rapid footsteps o'er thy head ; Have pass'd with all their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | 1852 - 142 sider
...YEARS. FIFTY YEARS. YES, molhcr, fifty years have fled, Wild rapid footsteps o'er thy head; Have pasa'd with all their motley train, And left thee on thy...many smiles, and sighs, and tears, How many hopes, arid doubts, and fears, Have vanished with thai lapse of years ! Though pastj those hours of pain and... | |
 | Mrs. J. S. F. Lunt - 1853 - 144 sider
...FIFTY YEARS. YES, mother, fifty years have fled, V.riih rapid footsteps o'er thy head; Have pass'U with all their motley train, And left thee on thy couch of pain I How many smiles, and sighs, and tears, How many hopes, and doubts, and fears, Have vanished with... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1857 - 504 sider
...copy and admire. Thou bright, alluring dream ! thou dazzling star' Where shall we find thec ! Thon art call'd Fickle and vain, and worthless of pursuit,...have fled. With rapid footsteps o'er thy head ; Have pass'd with all their motley train. And left thee on thy couch of pain ! How many smiles, and sighs,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1866 - 496 sider
...fiftieth Birthday," presents a beautiful portrait, and does honor to the filial hand that drew it : — " Yes, mother, fifty years have fled, With rapid footsteps,...and tears, How many hopes and doubts and fears Have vanished with that lapse of years. Oh, that we all could look, like thee, Back on that dark and tideless... | |
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