 Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes...  The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ... - Page 180by William Hayley - 1806Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, , Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...: but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Atisou's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I, therefore, purport not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy ilieme, A more enduring date.... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...by bards or heroes fhed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpofe not, or dream, Defcanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery ftUl delights to trace Its 'femblance in another's cafe. No voice divine the ft6rm allay'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...wave, and then he sank*. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tslls his name, his worth, his age,. Is wet with Anson's tear. And...give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery still delights to trace. Its 'semblance m.another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd,.... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear: And...Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, nor dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date': But misery still... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page / . Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. X When, snatch'd from all effectuaifcM, We perish'd, each alone : ?J-.)0 1 But I "beneath a rougher... | |
 | 710 pages
...tear. And tears by birds or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. • I, therefore, purpose not nor dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring d:ite: But misery still delights to trace It; semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...sank. No poet wept him : bat the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his nge Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Ahke immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...bim : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age Is wet with Ansons tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. i I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on bis fate, £fc To give the melancholy theme ^ A more... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace It's semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When,... | |
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