 | William Nevins - 1836 - 412 páginas
...aboard, and the storm was for his sake. My bout 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. Hosea must have prophesied eighty years, and yet all that remains of him are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 páginas
...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 may...of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Tune unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 páginas
...tempest-toss'd. Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost,. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduee my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1838 - 346 páginas
...sentiment of the beloved Cowper our own : "My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins cnthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The child of parents passed into the skies." You could not have imposed upon me a more delightful task... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 páginas
...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. 35 My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth; But higher... | |
 | Thomas Bartlett - 1839 - 586 páginas
...we are, may say, with the Christian poet, Cowper, in his Lines upon receiving his Mother's Portrait, My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins...my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies ! The station to which, by the Divine blessing, the piety and commanding talents... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | 1839 - 428 páginas
...boast is not, that I deduce my birth That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions...The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell!—Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished is done. By contemplation's... | |
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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! 
