 On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.  Poems - Page 104by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
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...exquisite quatrain from the Persian : "On parent knees, a naked, new-bom child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled. So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep." If we, who are dependent upon translations in English,... | |
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...world excites only smiles. " On parent's knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled — So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep." From the Persian. "Anger," says Lord Bacon, " is... | |
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...reader, if ho has not met with , will be glad to know, and, if he has, to remember Theo on thy mother'« knees, a new-born child. In tears we saw, when all...last long sleep* Smiles may be thine, when all around Ihco wc*p. For my version I nm in a great measure indebted Sir William Jonex. 25 Note 7, page 12, col.... | |
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...Persian Poet has left us a beautiful thought on his subject, which the reader, if he has not met with t, will be glad to know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy mother's knee«, a new-bom child, In toara we saw, when all around thee smiled. во uve, that, linking in thy... | |
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...t:> God, to the close : — " On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled ; So live — that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, when all around thee weep." His career was of great and lasting aid to the interests... | |
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...A Persian Poet has left us a beautiful thought on this subject, which the reader, if he has not met with it, will be glad to know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy mother's knees, a new-bora child, In tears we saw, when all around thee smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last long... | |
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...PERSIAN. — By Sir Wm. Jones. " On parent's knees, a naked, new-born chjld, t Weeping thou satt'st, while all around thee smiled ! So live, that sinking in thy last, long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep !" Show the above to your cousin. My love to Sally.... | |
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...Doddridge's " Live while you live." "On parent's knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled : So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mays't smile, while all around thee weep." the least interesting characteristics of poetry.... | |
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...Doddridge's " Live while you live." " On parent's knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled : So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, while all around thee weep." his death — possibly much longer. At that period... | |
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...ha« left us a beautiful thought on thi« subject, which the reader, if he has not met with t, will bo glad to know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy mother'« know, a new-born child. In teart we law, when all around thee rallied. So live, that, linking... | |
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