 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss M, 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 anthology - 1825 - 464 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! The thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 574 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ripped, seams op'ning 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 - 1825 - 244 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 ! The thought is joy, arrive what may to me. • Gsrth.... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 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 prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempost-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. Tet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he '. That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 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... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, aud compass lost ;. And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets...he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
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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. 
