 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...Garth. Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and 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 he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pages
...Garth. Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss M, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and 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 he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, 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 ! The thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may to me. • Garth.... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...distressed — Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest toat; Sails ript. seams opening wide, and compass lost, 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 is joy, arrive what may to me : My boast... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...distress'd— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and 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 he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...Garth. Me howling blasts drive devious, tempost-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost. And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Tet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he '. That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, 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. My boast... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...distress'd— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and 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 he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...• Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, 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. My boast... | |
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That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins... 
