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 - English poetry - 1846 - 204 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...mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought t Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. YAEDLEY OAK.* SURVIVOR sole, and hardly... | |
| Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 362 pages
...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 is mercy in ev'ry place! And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace; And reconciles... | |
| Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 524 pages
...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 is mercy in ev'ry place ! And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace; EPITAPH... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...to be there ; But alas I recollection at hand But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The beast has laid down in his lair, Even 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, And... | |
| English language - 1901 - 458 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.... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Burt - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1904 - 396 pages
...land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the seafowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Drives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. WILLIAM The Homes of England. I wonder... | |
| Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 502 pages
...native-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, And... | |
| English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...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,... | |
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