O'er the dim grey horizon now faintly appears ; She flies to the quay, dreading tidings of ruin, All breathlefs with hafte, half expiring with fears. Poor mourner ! — I would that my fortune had left me The means to alleviate the woes I deplore... Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems - Page 32by Charlotte Smith - 1797 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Smith - 1797 - 188 pages
...the crimfon weed ftray; th.Jtt*yi'*"»"rm-iv ^"^fi"" .^^/^.^^^^^-^I^T •*L<?t.Ls L ZI~MM**^ &£&&. The gilt, fairy fhip, with its ribbon-fail fpreading,...bereft me, / can warm the cold heart of the wretched n« more ! WRITTEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF A DISTRESSED PLAYER, DETAINED AT BR IGHTH E LMSTON L FOR DEBT,... | |
| 1797 - 496 pages
...She flies to the quay, dreading tidmc^of rum, All breathi;(s with hafte, half expiring with fears. Poor mourner !— I would that my fortune had left...fate has of affluence bereft me, / can warm the cold hcait of the wretched no more *. • This little Poem, of which a fketch firft appeared in blank verfe... | |
| British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...She fties to the quay, dreading tidings of ruin, All breathlefs with hafte, half expiring with fears. Poor mourner ! — I would that my fortune had left...like thine, my hard fate has of affluence bereft me ; I can warm the cold heart of the wretched no more ! TO MEDITATION. ZY MRS. ROBINSON. SWEET child... | |
| Charlotte Smith - 1800 - 170 pages
...She flies to the quay, dreading tidings of ruin, All breathlefs with hafte, half expiring with fears. Poor mourner ! — I would that my fortune had left...THE BENEFIT OF A DISTRESSED PLAYER, DETAINED AT BR I GHTHE LMSTONH FOR DEBT, NOVEMBER 1792. VV HEN in a thoufand fwarms, the Summer o'er, The birds of... | |
| Charlotte Smith - 1993 - 370 pages
...She flies to the quay, dreading tidings of ruin, All breathless with haste, half expiring with fears. Poor mourner! — I would that my fortune had left...like thine my hard fate has of affluence bereft me, 35 /can warm the cold heart of the wretched no more! Written for the benefit of a distressed player,... | |
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