 HE comes not — I have watched the moon go down, But yet he comes not. — Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears do flow, The while he holds his riot in that town.  Clio - Page 65by James Gates Percival - 1822Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...DISSIPATED HUSBAND. He comes not — I have watch'd the moon go down. But yet he comes not — once it was not so : He thinks not how these bitter tears...sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. Oh ! how I love a mother's watch to keep, Over those sleeping eyes, that smile which cheers My heart,... | |
 | 1828 - 244 pages
...affectionate heart. He comea not — I have watch'd the moon go down, And yet he comes not — once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears do flow, The while he holds liis riot in that town. Yet be will come and chide, and I shall weep, And he will wake my infant from... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 386 pages
...THE DISSIPATED HUSBAND. He comes not ; I have watch'd the moon go down ; But yet he comes not ; once it was not so ; He thinks not how these bitter tears...sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. 0, how I love a mother's watch to keep, Over those sleeping eyes, that smile which cheers My heart,... | |
 | Children - 1834 - 182 pages
...THE DESERTED WIFE. Hg comes not — I have watched the moon go down. But yet he cornea not — once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears do now, The while he holds his riot in the town. Yet he will come, and chide, and I shall weep ; And he... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1836 - 424 pages
...THE DESERTED WIFE. He comes not — I have watched the moon go down, But yet he comes not — Once it was not so : He thinks not how these bitter tears...flow, The while he holds his riot in that town. Yet lie will come and chide, and I shall weep, And he will wake my infant from its sleep, To blend its... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...ANON. THE DESERTED WIFE. HE comes not. I have watch 'd the moon go down, But yet he comes not. Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears...sleep. To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. Oh ! how I love a mother's watch to keep Over those sleeping eyes, — that smile, which cheers My... | |
 | Husbands - 1839 - 302 pages
...THE DESERTED WIFE. Hi comes not — I have watch 'd the moon go down But yet he cornea not — Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears...love a mother's watch to keep, Over those sleeping eves, thnt smile, which cheers My heart, though sunk in sorrow, fix'd and deep. I had a husband once,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...there. THE DESERTED WIFE. HE comes not ; I have watched the moon go down, But yet he comes not. Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears...sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. Oh ! how I love a mother's watch to keep, Over those sleeping eyes, that smile, which cheers My heart,... | |
 | Lowell Temperance Union - Sermons, American - 1841 - 300 pages
...thoughts like these : " He comes not. — I have watched the moon go down But yet he comes not Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears...shall weep, And he will wake my infant from its sleep. Though he should spurn me, I will calmly bear His madness — and should sickness come, and lay Its... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...THE DESERTED WIFE. HE comes not — I have watehed the moon go down, But yet he comes not. — Once it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears...feeble wailing with my tears. O ! how I love a mother's wateh to keep, Over those sleeping eyes, that smile, which cheers My heart, though sunk in sorrow,... | |
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