 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - Страниц: 610
...Tlie true and exquisite feeling of Mr. Gifford's poem is not perhaps to be paralleled— ' I wisri I Was where Anna lies; For I am sick of lingering here!' When Dorimene died, the poet's soul was like the world when the sun leaves it; neither the river nor... | |
 | William Gifford - 1811 - Страниц: 220
...caput, haec ego ludo, Quae nee in aede sonent certantia, judice TarpS•. NOTES. THE GRAVE OF ANNA. " I wish I was where ANNA lies; " For I am sick of lingering...For, when she died, " I lost my all; and life has proved, " Since that sad hour, a dreary void, " A waste unlovely, and unloved.— " But who, when I... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - Страниц: 276
...turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre. I WISH I WAS WHERE ANNA LIES. BY GIFFORD. I WISH I was where Anna lies ; For I am sick of lingering...! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unloved.Bmt who, when I am turn' d... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1831 - Страниц: 952
...beautiful, and affecting stanzas ; which rank with the best productions of our elegiac poetry : " I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...affection cries, ' Go and partake her humble bier.' Cfiapt I, South Andley-street ; but his friend Dr. Ireland* procured his consent to have his body I... | |
 | 1818 - Страниц: 400
...autobiography ever produced, prefixed to his Juvenal. The following beautiful lines are from the same pen : I wish I was where Anna lies; For I am sick of lingering...could ! For when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved. — But who, when I am turned... | |
 | Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - Страниц: 972
...prevailed upon to stop for a day or two, after the fatigues of her voyage. CHAPTER XXXVIII. " I wish I were where Anna lies ! For I am sick of lingering here...could ! for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that dread hour, a dreary void, — A waste unlovely and unloved !" GlFFOBD. THE interest... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - Страниц: 440
...has he experienced a moment of more exquisite felicity. THE GRAVE OF ANNA. I WISH I was where Awsr A lies ; For I am sick of lingering here ; And every...! for, when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved. — But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | 1826 - Страниц: 434
...a friend to weep my fate, Without a stone to tell my name. WRITTEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING. I wish I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could ! for when she died I lost my all; and life has proved Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved. But who, when I am turn'd... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - Страниц: 242
...Feebleness, " Affectionate warmth. 1 wish I was where Anna lies, 1 For I am sick of lingering here j— 2 And every hour affection cries, Go and partake her...could : for when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a ' dreary void, . A waste unlovely and unloved. 4 But who, when I am turned... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - Страниц: 402
...to weep my fate, Without a stone to tell my name. GIFFORD. WRITTEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PRECEDING. I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering...could ! For when she died I lost my all ; and life has proved Since that sad hour a dreary void, A waste unlovely and unloved. But who, when I am turn'd to... | |
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I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour, affection cries, Go and partake her humble bier. I wish I could ! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely,... 
