 How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared 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, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon...  Poems, with a memoir of the author - Стр. 160авторы: William Cowper - 1847Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - Страниц: 510
...recollection at hand But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, The beast has laid down in his lair : Ev'n here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair....affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. His MOTHER'S PICTURE. O THAT those lips had language ! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - Страниц: 280
...a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas 1 recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. 7- But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cahin repair. There's mercy in every place ; •And mercy — encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - Страниц: 280
...me back to despair. But the sea fowl has gone to her nest. The beast is laid down in his lair ; E'en here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair....There's mercy in every place; And mercy — encouraging though^! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. co WPER. SECTION VI. Gratitude.... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - Страниц: 322
...In a moment I seem to be there; But, alas! recollection at hand .Soon hurries me hack to despair. 7. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cahin repair. There's mercy in every place; And mercy — encouraging thought, Gives even affliction... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - Страниц: 562
...moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurri§s me back to despair. VII. But the seafowl is gone to her nest. The beast is laid down in his lair ,. Even here is a season of resl, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - Страниц: 312
...\Vhen I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas ! recollection at band Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl...gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair 4 Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place ; And mercy—encouraging... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - Страниц: 192
...ala» ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. Bat the sea-fowl is gone to her ne.-,--, The beast is laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cahin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encoui aging thought! Gives even affliction... | |
 | 1823 - Страниц: 936
...winged arrows of light. VS hen I think on my own native land, III a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to...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's mercy in every place ; And mercy,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Страниц: 470
...swift-winged arrovys of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to...affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ON THE PROMOTION OF EDWARD THURLOW, ESQ. TO THE LORD HIGH CHANCELLORSHIP OF ENGLAND. ROUND Thurlow's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - Страниц: 1062
...swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to...affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. TПuOСКMORTON'S BULFINCH. Ye nymphs! if e'er your eyes were red With tears o'er... | |
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