 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 278 pages
...feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven , And if there beaa human teai From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so...the Douglas to his breast His dar-ling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd, Though 'twas a hero's eye that weep'd. Nor while on Ellen's... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...love. " Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there bo a human tear, From passion's dross refined and clear,...tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an Angel'* cheek, "Tiť thitt which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head." It was a bright... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1835 - 1042 pages
...the brightness of the present. CHAFFER IV. For if there be a human tear, From passion's dross refin'd and clear ; A tear, so limpid, and so meek, It would...not stain an angel's cheek : Tis that which pious parents shed L:pon a duteous daughter's bead. SCOTT. The hill heart's history of hopes and fears: Woman's... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - Cornwall (England : County) - 1836 - 556 pages
...statuary. Harriet, a most beautiful and amiable young lady, died Aug. 23d, 1834, at the age of 24. Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth...And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refin'd and clear, It would not stain an angel's cheek ; A tear so limpid and so meek, Tis that which... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 730 pages
...letter in our number for last July, p. 28. And if there be a human tear From passion's drop refined ami clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not...pious Fathers shed Upon a duteous Daughter's head ! LADY OF THE LAKE. SUCH is the well-known tribute that Sir Walter Scott pays to the connection that... | |
 | George Newenham Wright, John Watkins - Great Britain - 1837 - 950 pages
...heaven ; If there's a tear — a human tear, From passion's drop refined and clear — A tear so gentle, and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head.' " Oh, if such be the ecstacies of paternal love, what must be the agonies of its sorrows ! If such... | |
 | George Newenham Wright, John Watkins - Great Britain - 1837 - 972 pages
...heaven ; If there's a tear — a human tear, From passion's drop refined and clear — A tear so gentle, and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek,...pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head.' " Oh, if such be the ecstacies of paternal love, what must be the agonies of its sorrows ! If such... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 498 pages
...her dear form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth...the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steeped, Though 'twas a hero's eye that weeped. Nor while on Ellen's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 378 pages
...her dear form, his mother's band, The islet far behind her lay, And she had landed in the bay. XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth...not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious father's shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...XXII. Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there he a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear,...duteous daughter's head. And as the Douglas to his hreast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses steep'd, Though 'twas an hero's... | |
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Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon... 
