 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more dif ant from a prosp'rous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; * Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise..,. The son... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...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 I... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — time unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous conrse. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my prond pretensions rise — The son of parents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...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...My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — no The son of parents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...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...My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise— The son of parents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ; But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The sou of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell — time uurevoked has run His wonted course,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...Yet O the thought, that tliou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Oarlh. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Garth. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked has run His. wonted course, yet what I wish'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...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...My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise—- The son of parents... | |
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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. 
