 | William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...more diflant from a prolp'rous courfe. . • G-rth. VOL I. Y But oh the thought, that thou art fafe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 420 pages
...— Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 372 pages
...me more diftant from a profp'rous comic. * Garth. vet. i. y But oh the thought, that thou art fafe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1801 - 614 pages
...Me howling winds drive devious, tempest-toss' d, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost ; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. s But oh the thought that thou art safe, and he, That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 328 pages
...Me howling winds drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost : And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...thwarting force Sets me more diftant from a profperous courfe. But oh the thought, that thou art fafe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...Me howling, winds drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. * But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy. arrive what may to... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams open'ing wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Bat oh ! the thought that thau art safe, and he, That thought is joy — arrive what may to me ! In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...thwarting force Sets me more diftant from a profperous courfe.' But oh the thought, that thou art fafe, and he | That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...— Me howling winds drive devious, tempest tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets...My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents... | |
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That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. 
