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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. "
The Varieties of Human Greatness: A Discourse on the Life and Character of ... - Page 96
by Alexander Young - 1838 - 119 pages
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Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 436 pages
...know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy mother's knees, a new-born child, In tears we saw, when all around thee smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Smiles maybe thine, when all around thee weep. For my version I am in a great measure indebted to Sir...
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Letters of John Randolph, to a Young Relative: Embracing a Series of Years ...

John Randolph - 1834 - 282 pages
...PERSIAN. — By Sir Wm. Jones. " On parent's knees, a naked, new-born chjld, t Weeping thou satt'st, while all around thee smiled ! So live, that sinking in thy last, long sleep, Thou then may'st smile, while all around thee weep !" Show the above to your cousin. My love to Sally....
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Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 330 pages
...know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy mother's knees, a new-bora child, In tears we saw, when all around thee smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Smiles may be thine, when all around thee weep. For my version I am in a great measure indebted to...
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A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Reverend John Thornton Kirkland ...

Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...the sentiment so beautifully expressed by Hafiz, the Persian poet, which he loved to repeat : — " On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping...gloom within me ; why should you wear it on your faces ? " And then he called for Bryant's Poems, and desired them to read his favorite piece, " The Old Man's...
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The Varieties of Human Greatness: A Discourse on the Life and Character of ...

Alexander Young - 1838 - 128 pages
...case the sentiment so beautifully expressed by Hafiz, the Persian poet, which he loved to repeat:— "On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping...gloom within me; why should you wear it on your faces ? " And then he called for Bryant's Poems, and desired them to read his favorite piece, " The Old Man's...
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Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch

Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch - 1839 - 190 pages
...Saturday Night," and the following stanza of Hafiz, the Persian poet, as given by Sir William Jones : — "On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping...Calm thou mayst smile, whilst all around thee weep." So likewise there and in his Newton's Principia, we find copied by him verses of Voltaire and other...
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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...sentiment so beautifully expressed by the Persian poet, which he loved to repeat : — " On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st,...whilst all around thee smiled : So live, that, sinking ш thy last, long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, when all around thee weep." He did not wish to see...
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An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles

Lindley Murray - 1839 - 232 pages
...liar to assert the truth ever so earnestly he would scarcely be believed. Upon thy mother's knee, a new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, whilst all around thee smiled ; So live, that, sinking into death's long sleep, Calm thou may'st smile, whilst all around thee weep. We should be grateful...
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The Church Magazine, Volumes 3-4

1841 - 880 pages
...FROM THE PERSIAN.— Sy Sir W. Jonan In mother's arms a helpless new-horn child, Weeping thou lay'st whilst all around thee smiled ; So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then may'st umile whilst all around thee wccp< THE CABINLT. THE CABINET. THE APOSTOLICAL DYNASTY.—...
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Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 60 pages
...know, and, if he has, to remember. Thee on thy Mother's knees, a new-born child. In tears we saw when all around thee smiled. So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Smiles may be thine, when all around thee weep. For my version I am in a great measure indebted to...
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