 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
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1912 - 502 pages
...soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, 25 Supported by despair of life. He shouted : nor his...furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, 30 They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still before the wind. Some succor yet they could... | |
 | Charles Swain Thomas - English poetry - 1913 - 104 pages
...beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, 15 But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair...his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course, 20 But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind,... | |
 | James Alexander Roy - Poets, English - 1914 - 196 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... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 852 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,... | |
 | Walter Barnes - English poetry - 1915 - 602 pages
...Nor him beheld, nor her again. 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 fail 'd To check the vessel 's course, But so the furious blast prevail 'd, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; 15 Nor soon he - fail 'd 20 To check the vessel's course, Rut so the furious blast prevail 'd, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 566 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,... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 412 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... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - English poetry - 1920 - 314 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... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...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...death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. 399 He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast... | |
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