Breathe his sweet breath, and kiss for kiss impart : Watch o'er his slumbers like the brooding dove, And, if she can, exhaust a mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care, Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees... Human Life: A Poem - Page 21by Samuel Rogers - 1819 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
| English essays - 1819 - 728 pages
...would have effecluallj injured to him that enviable disApart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there! And now the volume on her knee has caught [thought, His wandering eye — now many a written Never to die, with many a lisping sweet, His moving,... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care, Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! And now...moving, murmuring lips endeavour to repeat. Released be chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow — follow through the sky ! Climbs the gaunt mastiff... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...mother's love! But soon a nobler task demands her cure. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And...lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavour to repeatReleased, he chases the bright butterfly; Oh he would follow — follow through the sky! Climbs... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And...with many a lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavor to repeat. Released, he chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow — follow through... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...many a -written thought Never to die, with many a lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavor to repeat Released, he chases the bright butterfly...follow — follow through the sky ! Climbs the gaunt Timsiili' »lumbering in his chain, And chides and buffets, clinging by the mane ; Then runs, and,... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! And now...sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavour to repeat. Releas'd, he chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow — follow through the sky ! Climbs the... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1834 - 330 pages
...mother's love! But soon a nobler task demands her care. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there!— And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye—now many a written thought Never to die, with many a lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips... | |
| Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care; Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of him who sees in secret there. And now the...her knee has caught - •<•• • His wandering eye—now many a written thought, Never to die, with many a lisping sweet, His moving murmuring lips... | |
| English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And...with many a lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavor to repeat Released, he chases the bright butterfly ; Oh he would follow — follow through... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...her care. Apart she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — J And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye — now many a written thought 70 Never to die, with many a lisping sweet His moving, murmuring lips endeavour to repeat. Released,... | |
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