 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
 | Henry Festing Jones - Critics - 1920 - 548 pages
...of Cowper (who was a true poet). He evidently found comfort in bed. He makes Alexander Selkirk say : But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place — I quoted these sweet lines to iMr. Garnett the other day, but he didn't seem to think they were... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1854 - 580 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 I Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ON OBSEKVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE... | |
 | William Harris Elson - Reading (Elementary) - 1923 - 100 pages
...send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. "But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought I Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles man to his lot." r THE ELSON READERS, BOOK FIVE 499... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...seem to be there; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. • Locksley Hall 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 reconciles... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 528 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 laid down in his lair, Ev'n here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place ; And mercy,... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Ev'n here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place ; And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And... | |
 | Robert Bridges - Children's poetry, English - 1924 - 296 pages
...to be there ; But alas ! 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 ! Gives even affliction a grace, And... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. 48 But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Ev'n here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place; And mercy,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 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 lair, THE HUMAN Ev'n here is a season of rest, CONDITION And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every... | |
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