 | George Croly - English poetry - 1828 - 430 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O ! the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, Beams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Tet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 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 courseYet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ' That thought is joy, arrive what may... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | B. S. Nayler - 1830 - 258 pages
...life , long since hast anchored at thy side. 79 Sails ripped, seama opening wide, and Compass lust, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ! Yet, O! the thought, that Thou art safe! — and He! That thought, is Joy! arrive what may to Me.... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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 1 That thought is joy, arrive... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1831 - 436 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O ! the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
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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. 
