 guide ? Ah ! where is now the hand whofe tender care To every Virtue would have form'd your Youth, And ftrew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of Truth ? O lofs beyond repair! O wretched Father left alone To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own! How fhall...  A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes - Page 69edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 276 pages
...every virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd with flowers the thorny ways of truth ? O loss beyond repair! O wretched father! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own ! How shall thy weaken'd mind, oppress'd with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...ev'ry virtue would have form'd your youth, And strew'd wuu flow'rs the thorny ways of truth ? O loss beyond repair ! O wretched father ! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own ! How shall thy weaken'd mind oppress'd with wo, And, drooping 1 o'ei thv Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...! Sweet babes, who, like the little playful fawns, Were wont to trip along these verdaut lawns, О wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with woe, And dropping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 838 pages
...have forra'd your youth, And strew'd with flowers the thorny ways of truth? О loss beyond repair ! О wretched father ! left alone, To weep their dire misfortune and thy own : How shall thy weaken'dmind,oppress'dwithwoe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...repair ! Sweet babes, who, like the little playful fawns, Were wont to trip along these verdant lawns, 0 wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with wo, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1847 - 454 pages
...every virtue would have formed your youth, And strewed with flowers the thorny ways of truth! O, loss beyond repair '. O, wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 754 pages
...have fonned your youth, And strewed with flower» the thorny ways of truth ! 0 loss beyond repair ! 0 wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with wo, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 760 pages
...repair ! Sweet babes, who, like the little playful fawns, Were wont to trip along these verdant lawns, 0 wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with wo, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...loss beyond repair ! And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties that you doubly owe, 0 wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with WO, Now she, alas ! is gnne, From folly and from vice their... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1851 - 438 pages
...have formed your youth, And strewed with flowers the thorny ways of truth ! 0, loss beyond repair ! 0, wretched father, left alone To weep their dire misfortune and thy own ! How shall thy weakened mind, oppressed with woe, And drooping o'er thy Lucy's grave, Perform the duties... | |
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