 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...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet - Side 178af Walter Scott - 1887 - 646 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 sider
...his mother's band, The 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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 sider
...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 a duteous daughter's...Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd, Though 'twas an hero's eye that weep'd. Nor while on Ellen's faultering tongue Her filial... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 484 sider
...early attention to objects of sympathy is productive of beneficial consequences. ' i " Some feelings are to mortals given " With less of earth in them...and so meek, " It would not stain an angel's cheek — " "Pis that which pious fathers shed " Upon a duteous daughter's head!"* This effusion of paternal... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 sider
...replete with mirth and wine. S. WEBBE. Anacreon. 285 GLEE for Five Voices. Rx. COOKE. SOME feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than...limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek ; 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head. W. Scott's Lady of the Lake. GLEE... | |
 | 1855 - 782 sider
...been in exactly a similar situation to those initiated by misfortune. " Some feelings arc to mortal- given. With less of earth in them than heaven ; And...limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek — Til that which pious fathers shed Vpon a duteous daughter's head I " What would you have said,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 sider
...Roderick scann'd, The 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...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... | |
 | 1813 - 998 sider
...name." We ought to he affected by such considerations, and with no common emotions : Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than...And if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refin'd and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 sider
...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 a duteous daughter's...the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely press'd, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd, Though 'twas an hero's eye that weep'd. . Nor while 0n... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 sider
...form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than...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... | |
 | Mary Ann Gray (formerly Browne.), Mary Ann Browne - 1829 - 142 sider
...tomb ; While we cast all our care on Heaven, We shall not want a home ! THE DAUGHTER. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than...heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dregs refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'T is that... | |
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