 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.  Works - Page 61by Sir William Jones - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Richard Whately - Rhetoric - 1839 - 372 pages
...cruel because it is wrong : " and again, in the beautiful lines, from the Arabic, by Sir W. Jones : On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou...smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep. All of these are instances also of perfect Antithesis,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...partner once of Tiney's box, Must soon partake his grave. Cowper. 152.— FROM THE PERSIAN. On parent's knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping, thou sat'st,...around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking in thy last sad sleep, Calm, thou may'st smile, while all around thee weep. Sir ff. Jones. 153.— TIME. Time that... | |
 | John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, whilst all around thee smiled : So live, that, sinking ш thy last, long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep." He did not wish to see those about him look sad and gloomy. On one occasion he said, " I feel no gloom... | |
 | Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch - Astronomers - 1839 - 190 pages
...— "On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, whilst all around thee smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last, long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, whilst all around thee weep." So likewise there and in his Newton's Principia, we find copied by him... | |
 | Songs, English - 1840 - 652 pages
...and Bass.) ON parent knees a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st, when all around thee smiled ; So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, when all around thee weep. Words by Sir William Jones. (Chappell.) ON MENANDER. CATCH, for 3 Voices.— Dr. HAYES. ON thy sweet... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1840 - 256 pages
..." On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, whilst all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last, long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, whilst all around thee weep." He did not wish to see those about him look sad and gloomy. On one occasion... | |
 | Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin.) - 1841 - 558 pages
...is cruel because it is wrong:"f and again, in the beautiful lines, from the Arabic, by Sir W. Jones: On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou...while all around thee smil'd ; So live, that sinking on thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep. All of these are instances... | |
 | Richard Whately - English language - 1841 - 374 pages
...cruel because it is wrong : " and again, in the beautiful lines, from the Arabic, by Sir W. Jones : On Parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smil'il; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...of thine be good and holy, And thy worst woe, a pensive melancholy. FROM THE PERSIAN. SIR W. JONES. 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 may'st smile, when all around thee... | |
 | Christian life - 1841 - 188 pages
...the bed of death ; and remember this thought, as expressed by Hafez, the sweet poet of Persia, — " So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep." Then, should you be spared to wear that "crown of glory," — the venerable... | |
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