 Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast...  Shirley, by Currer Bell - Page 200by Charlotte Brontė - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 406 pages
...regret, too late, your native coast, In no congenial gulf for ever lost ! March 19, 1799. THE CASTAWAY. Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...COWPER. THE CASTAWAY. OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a distant wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends,...of all bereft — His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...OBSCUREST night involv'd the sky ; Th" Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...drooping herbs around. THE CASTAWAY. Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong...friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast. Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 pages
...OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 592 pages
...an illustration of his own case : " Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong...hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. He long survives who lives an hour In ocean self-upheld, And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...the death of Cowper. . THE CASTAWAY. Obscurest night involved the sky; The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I Washed headlong from...friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...Obscurest night involv'd the sky ; Th' Atlantic billows roar'd. When such a destin'd wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1853 - 378 pages
...the death of Cowper. THE CASTAWAY. Obscurest night involved the sky ; The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I Washed headlong from...hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, 'Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With... | |
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