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" Her lot is on you — silent tears to weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sunless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship... "
The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature - Page 438
edited by - 1825
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 7

1825 - 628 pages
...And o'er your sleep bright shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet, in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's...reeds, — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship — therefore pray ! Her lot is on you ! — to be found...
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The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 7

James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 648 pages
...And o'er your sleep bright shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet, in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's...reeds, — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship — therefore pray ! Her lot is on you ! — to be found...
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ...

1825 - 386 pages
...And o'er your sleep bright shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's...patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds— a wasted shower ! And to make idols,...
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The league of the Alps, The siege of Valencia, The vespers of Palermo, and ...

Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...And o'er your sleep bright shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's...patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from Affection's deep, Her lot is on you — to be found unrir'd, Watching the stars...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pages
...shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingled low, Is woman's tenderness — how soon her woe !...patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols,...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pages
...visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingled low, Is woman's tenderness—how soon her woe! Her lot is on you !—silent tears to...weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hoar, And sumlcss riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds—a wasted shower! And to...
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The league of the Alps, The siege of Valencia, The vespers of Palermo, and ...

Mrs. Hemans - 1826 - 502 pages
...flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's tenderness—how soon her woe ! Her lot is on you—silent tears to weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from Affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds—a wasted shower! And to make idols,...
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Poems ... Reprinted from the American Octavo Edition, Volume 2

Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...And o'er your sleep bright shadows, from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth, be spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's...patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from Affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols,...
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The Magazine of the Reformed Dutch Church, Volume 2

1827 - 396 pages
...he spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingled low, Is woman's tenderness — how soon her wo ! Her lot is on you ! — silent tears to weep, And...patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make them...
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The Poetical Work of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Volume 2

Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...spread ; Yet in those flute-like voices, mingling low, Is woman's tenderness — how soon her wo ! Her lot is on you — silent tears to weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from Affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols,...
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