 But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair.  Poems - Page 266by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...mind ! Compar d with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift- winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land,...her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even hero is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...be there ; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. VII. But the soa-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his...my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And moroy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace, 05 THE PROMOTION CP EDWARD THUKLOW, ESQ.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas 1 recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl Is gone to her nest ; The beast is laid down in bis lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy In every place ;... | |
 | Andrew Lang - English poetry - 1896 - 280 pages
...at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. — But the seafowl is gone to her nest. The beast is ]aid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I t° my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1897 - 330 pages
...to be there ; But alas I recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea fowl has gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place ; And mercy — encouraging thought I — Gives even affliction a grace,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Literature - 1899 - 428 pages
...seem to be there ; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his...mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought I Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. THE FOOTPRINT ON THE SAND. BY DANIEL... | |
 | William De Witt Hyde - Books and reading - 1900 - 506 pages
...land, In a moment I seem to be there; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest ; The beast is...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There 's mercy in every place ; And mercy — encouraging thought ! — Gives even affliction a grace,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...45 In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, 50 Even here is a season of rest, There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives... | |
 | George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - English language - 1900 - 404 pages
...adverb which it modifies. 1. A long journey lay before us. 2. The kitchen soon was all on fire. 3. The sea-fowl is gone to her nest ; The beast is laid down in his lair. 4. He was regarded as a merchant of great wealth. 5. The night was Winter in his roughest mood. 6.... | |
 | 1900 - 364 pages
...adverb which it modifies. 1. A long journey lay before us. 2. The kitchen soon was all on fire. 3. The sea-fowl is gone to her nest ; The beast is laid down in his lair. 4. He was regarded as a merchant of great wealth. 5. The night was Winter in his roughest mood. 6.... | |
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