 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...through the grove Of peace, imagining her lot was cast In heav'n ; for ours was not like earthly love. And must this parting be our very last ? No, I shall love thee still, when death itself is past. Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth, And thee, more loved than aught beneath the sun,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...admirable. The next «ouplet is not very striking ; but at least it has not been spoilt by transposition. " And must this parting be our very last ? " No ! I...shall love thee still, when death "itself is past." ' The next stanza begins with another of those cramp sentences, which, as often as they occur, strike... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...grove ' Of peace, — imagining her lot was cast ' In heav'n ; for ours was not like earthly love. ' And must this parting be our very last? ' No! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past. XXXI. 1 Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth, — * And thee, more lov'd, than aught beneath... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...grove * Of peace, — imagining her lot was cast ' In heav'n; for ours was not like earthly love. ' And must, this parting be our very last? ' No! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past. — XXXI. ' Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth, — • And thee, more lov'd, than aught... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...grove ' Of peace,—imagining her lot was cast ' In heav'n ; for ours was not like earthly love. ' And must this parting be our very last? ' No! I shall love thee still, whendeath itself is past.—• xxxi. ' Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth,— ' And... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...imagining her lot was cast *In heav'ni for ours was not like earthly love. * And must this parting he our very last? ' No! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past.-— XXXT. 'Half could I hear, methinks, to leave this earth, — ' And thee, more loved than ought heneath... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...the grove Of peace, — imagining her lot was cast In heaven ; for ours was not like earthly love, And must this parting be our very last ? ' No ! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past." — * * » * * Hushed were his Gertrude's lips ! but still their bland And beautiful expression seemed... | |
 | Thomas Charlton Smith - 1824 - 180 pages
...light, Which streams from the sky when the stars are bright ! TO For ours was not like earthly love — And must this parting be our very last ? No ! I shall...love thee still, when death itself is past. CAMPBELL. FAREWELL, beloved companion of my heart, This falling tear may tell how dear thou art — May paint... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...the grove Of peace, — imagining her lot was cast In heaven ; for ours was not like earthly love. And must this parting be our very last ? No ! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past.— " Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth, — And thee, more loved, than aught beneath the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...the grove ' Of peace, imagining her lot was cast ' In heav'n ; for ours was not like earthly love. ' And must this parting be our very last ? ' No ! I shall love thee still, when death itself is past. — XXXI. ' Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth, — ' And thee, more loved than aught... | |
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... go not back, when I depart, The scene thy bursting tears too deep will move, Where my dear father took thee to his heart, And Gertrude thought it... 
