 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...And day hy 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 is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast is not that I deduce my hirth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; Bnt higher far... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. 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 enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. 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 enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 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 proud pretensions rise—- The son of parents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...lost, And day by day some current's inwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet 0 the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That...My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins euthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...Yet O the thonght, that thou art safe, and he! , That thonght is joy, arrive what may to me. * Garth. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my prond pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time uurevoked... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ; Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought...and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretentious rise— The son of parents passed into the skies. And, now farewell — time unrevoked... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou an safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may...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. 
