 Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 198by William Cowper - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...made me your fport, Convey to this defolate fhore Some cordial endearing report Of a land, I fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend...wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a fiiend, Though a friend I am never to fee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...Of a land I must visit no more. My Friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me f O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see." I have quoted this passage as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...land, I. shall visit ao more,. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought -afeer'tue ? - O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am nevorto Stee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! . Compared with the speed of iw flight, The tempest... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...made me your luort, Convey to this defolate fliore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I fliall vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend A wilri or a thought after me.' O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am ne»er to fee. How... | |
 | Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...a land I shall visit no more. My friends do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? .Q tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance of the mind, Compar'd with the speed of its flight ! The tempest itself... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, IV. The praise bestow'd was just and wise ; He sprang impetuous forth Secure of conquest, where the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of ifs flight, The tempest itself... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of if s flight, The tempest itself... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, * The tempest itself... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...land I lhall viiit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A whh or a thought after me ? О tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How rieet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its llight, The tempeft itfelf lags behind,... | |
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