 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...thwarting foYee Sets rue more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that ihou arfsafe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast. is not that I deduce my birth 1'Yom loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...distress'd^ Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 498 pages
...Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, ; Sails rrpt,' seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets...course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and be ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins... | |
 | English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...thwarting force Sets me more diftant from a profp'rous ccurfe. But O the though!, 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 j But higher far... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...current's thwarting force Seta me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou ait safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast is not, that I deduce my hirth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...tempest-toas'd, Sail* ript, seams opening wide, aa4 compass lott : And, day by day, some current'* thwarting' force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." The principal pleasure... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails i-ipt, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets...; But oh, the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may ts me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 488 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, 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. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...howling blasts drive devious, tempest- toss' d, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous conrse. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...«tain iXat rest, ript, Sailsrit T* dn.vc . opening wide, auj compass loci : WILLIAM CCTWFEU, E3Q_. 21 And, day by day, some current's thwarting: force Sets...me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh ! that thon art safe, and he ! That thought isjoy, arrive what may to me." The principal pleasure that... | |
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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. 
