 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 pass'd into the skies.  Poems - Page 277by William Cowper - 1808Full view - About this book
 | William Nevins - 1836 - 412 pages
...aboard, and the storm was for his sake. My bout 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. Hosea must have prophesied eighty years, and yet all that remains of him are... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduee my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But...help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my ehildhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that onee were mine, Without the sin of violating thine... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But...By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem i ' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But...of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Tune unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...lot ; • But, though I less deplore thee, ne'er forgot 4. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But...run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, . .,-; Without the sin of violating thine ; . . ;, ,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...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. And now, farewell— Time unrevoked has run * • His wonted course, yet what... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 35 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. EXERCISE 104. Extract from "The Grace." — MONTGOMERY. 1 There is a calm for... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1838 - 346 pages
...sentiment of the beloved Cowper our own : "My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins cnthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The child of parents passed into the skies." You could not have imposed upon me a more delightful task... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
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