 He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her, again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline Or courage die away; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of...  Poems - Page 247by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...swim, he lay ; THE CASTAWAY. 311 Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away : But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed, To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevailed, That pitiless perforce They... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1866 - 720 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor soon ho felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted j nor bis friends had foiled To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevailed, That... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...Expert to swim, he lay : Nor soon he felt his strength decline, IJ Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, 20 But so the furious blast prevailed, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevailed, That pitiless perforce They... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1870 - 574 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor eoon he felt his strength decline. Or courage die away : But waged with death a lasting strife Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd To cheek the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay : Nor soon he felt his strength decline. Or courage die away ; Hut waged with death a lasting strife. Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevailed, That, pitiless perforce, They... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...long beneath the whelming brine Expert to swim he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, He waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted: nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevailed That, pitiless perforce, They... | |
 | Léon Boucher - 1874 - 454 pages
...strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by dëspair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd To...But so the furious blast prevail'd, That pitiless perforee They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still before the wind. Some succour yet they... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 320 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, 15 Or courage die away ; But waged with Death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, 20 But so the furious blast prevailed, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 304 pages
...brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, 15 Or courage die away ; But waged with Death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had failed To check the vessel's course, 20 But so the furious blast prevailed, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
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