 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...the Persian parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou satst, when all around thee smil'd : So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, when all around thee weep. The Asiatick Miscellany, ii, 1786 RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 1751-1816 337... | |
 | Henry Dundas Napier (Hon.) - Great Britain - 1927 - 398 pages
...same source the beautiful lines :1 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. Napier, however, was not destined to bring his bride to Chittagong. In... | |
 | American periodicals - 1902 - 1046 pages
...in 1772, the following appears: 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 thon mayst smile, while all around thee weep. It will be seen that the two quatrains are practically... | |
 | Vermont Bar Association - Bar associations - 1882 - 398 pages
...the words of Sir William Jones : "On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou satst, while all around thee smiled ; So live that, sinking in thy last long sleep Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep." To give a sketch of Mr. Reed's life is not to bundle together mere dates,... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 306 pages
...quatrain: On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep. The compactness and universal theme — this is any child, not limited to... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...quatrain: On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smil'd: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep. The compactness and universal theme — this is any child, not limited to... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...long been a Gnatho in politics." 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 may'st smile, while all around thee weep. -Sir William Jones, Persian Miscellany (1780) gher I: scratch, scrape away;... | |
 | Jonathan E. Helmreich - Educators - 2001 - 250 pages
...issue of his Allegheny Magazine and included in memorials that he scribed for others: "Come Children, So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep."- It is a fitting tribute to the pious and long-suffering Elizabeth, and... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2007 - 337 pages
...alone should laugh, rising on High. 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. JalaludinRumi The passage through the veil has brought with it forgetfulness.... | |
 | Leonard Robinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 527 pages
...execution, so exquisite in sentiment: 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 weep. Isn't it beautiful? This was when he was waiting in vain for a letter from... | |
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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. 
