| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. * How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to...desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a laud I must visit no more. My Friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...vallles and rocks never heard ^ Never sighM at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial esdearing report Of a laud I sUaij visit no more. * f f£^s5S&3* B Soo ^,c& ^wc; , ^SH^£££& ^ And... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...sound of a knell, Or siuil'd when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Conjey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report...thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Tim' a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its... | |
| John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...Divinely bestow'd upon men ! Oh ! had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! ...... Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to...endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. Anapastics to lie versified. Anapastics of four feet. — Each line to make a verse, and each couplet... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Ye winch ih it have made me your sport, Convey 10 this desolate shore Some cord MI endearing re|)ort Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wi»h or a thought after me? O tell me 1 yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...valleys and rocks never heard. Never sighed at the sound of a knell Or smiled when a sahhath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to...friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags hehind, And the swift winged... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sahhath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your'sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. M , friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thonght after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend,... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...valleys and rocks never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to...friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...and rocks never heard, ' Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appearM. v. Ye winds that have made me your sport. Convey to this...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VERSES B\ A. SELKIRK. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight,... | |
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