 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...shrinks. Sir William Jones, i746-'94THERE, on the nurse's lap, a new-born child, We saw thee weep while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou still may'st smile, while all around thee weep. Sir William Janes. ODE TO THE CUCKOO. SWEET bird... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1884 - 804 pages
...to keep it late. — LACON. 3. On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping tliou sat'st, while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last, long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep. Sir W. JONES. 4. Whether you look up to the top,... | |
 | Medicine - 1912 - 748 pages
...mortem. 1108 Olive St. The Baby. On parents' knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st when all around thee smiled; So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. — From the Sanscrit of Calidasa by Sir William... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. TO A CHILD. N parent's knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st when all around thee smiled : So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. FROM THE CHINESE. DAY-DREAMS. [H, now, in youth,... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - Examinations - 1887 - 360 pages
...what thy right hand doeth. 171. 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, Thou thenmay'st smile, ivliile all around thee weep. 172. I seem to have been only like a boy playing... | |
 | Epigrams - 1888 - 104 pages
...Universe slay." — From the Persian "On parent knees a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat while all around thee smiled; So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile while all around thee weep.' (NB The way we all felt after trying to write an epigram, — CSK) UNCHOSEN... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 548 pages
...yesterday. Shahspere. On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thce smiled; So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, while all around thee weep. Jones. Now blessings light on him who first invented sleep : it covers... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Biography - 1890 - 352 pages
...sentiment— " ' On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping, thou sat'st, whilst all around theo smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep.' " Though cast down for a time, hope gradually bursts upon his soul; and... | |
 | American poetry - 1891 - 608 pages
...TETRASTICH. ( From the Persian.) 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 while all around thee weep. SIR WILLIAM JONES (1746-1794.) SACRIFICE. ACHIEVEMENT still demands The... | |
 | Poetry - 1891 - 558 pages
...TETRASTICH. ( From the Persian.) 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 while all around thee weep. SIR WILLIAM JONES (1746-1794.) SACRIFICE. ACHIEYEMENT still demands The... | |
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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. 
