Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon... Lady of the Lake - Página 39por Walter Scott - 1909 - 204 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 682 páginas
...silent, his eye rested upon her, and the lines came to my mind— "Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them, than Heaven: And if there...and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek— 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head!" After a stay of about three weeks... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 páginas
...islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And if there...and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 páginas
...flame; — 0 need I tell that passion's name ! PATERNAL AFFECTION. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven; And if there...and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! Tltf same. AN HOUR WITH THEE. An... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 444 páginas
...her lay, And she had landed in the bay. 22 Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of eartli in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear...and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 páginas
...shallop, for she has heard her father's signalhorn on the mainland. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there...limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; "Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast... | |
 | James Paul - 1858 - 264 páginas
...sound of the Gospel. Sir Walter Scott, speaking of parental affection, says beautifully— "Is there a tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek t "Ks that by a pious father shed Upon a duteous daughter's head." 4 There is yet another, perhaps... | |
 | 1859 - 534 páginas
...had grown to them. I realized then, as never before, the poet's words. " Oh if there be on earth a tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid, and so meek, It would not btain an nngcl's check, 'Tie such as pious iiithors shed Above a beauteous daughter's head." I had... | |
 | H. J. Moore - 1859 - 368 páginas
...against the leaders in this " Mystery of Iniquity." BOSTON, May 7, 1855. ANNA CLAYTON. CHAPTEE I. - " If there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, 'T is that by loving father shed Upo» a duteous daughter's head." SCOTT'S " LADY OP THE LAKE. ' BEFORE... | |
 | Thomas Greenbury - 1860 - 154 páginas
...dying man. Beneath this touching picture, there was an appropriate stanza of Sir Walter Scott's— "And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross...limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, — 'Twas such these pious women shed Around the dying hero's hed." As I gazed on that affecting picture,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 448 páginas
...vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. SOME feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven : And if there...and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'T is that which pious fathers shed SYDNEY SMITII. 1771-1845. SYDNEY Sunn's name is a synonym of Tit;... | |
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