 In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall...  The American Whig Review - Page 4681849Full view - About this book
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...length, and I have been liberal of quotations ; it mail therefore fuffice to quote the conclufion : In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the veftment warm; In vain his little children peeping out Into the mingling ftorm demand their fire With... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...children, and his friends unseen. 310 IN vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair- blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children,...demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! 315 Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold; Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve... | |
 | Samuel Whyte - English poetry - 1795 - 638 pages
...(hoots Through the wrung bofom of the dying man ; His Wife, his Children, and his Friends unfeen. 310 f In vain for him the officious wife prepares ' The fire fair-blazing, and the veftment warm} •*•'•' * In vain his little children, peeping out ' Into ' Into the mingling ftorm,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...knees the envied kiss to share. Thomson has thus depicted circumstances of a congenial nature : Jri vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire...demand their sire With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. Winter, 311. NUMBER... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The tire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children peeping out Into the mingled storm, demand their sire With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...(hoots Thro' the wruiig bofom of the Hying man, His wife, hb children, and his friend; unfeen. 310 In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vcftdient warm j In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling ftorm, demand their fire... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and...demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
....,/,,/,,/y., ,./„/,', //,/„/./„,, „;,.„////, /,//.,„,/., ,./,/,„//,: In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and...demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On ev'ry nerve The... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and...demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-hlazing, and the vestment warm ; In rain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling...demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! If or wife, nor children, more shall he hehold. Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve... | |
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