 | John Newton Brown - 1840 - Страниц: 284
...the beautiful language of Cowper — " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.'' AND is it so — my father — mother — gone ? Are they both dead ? Alas... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Страниц: 240
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud...parents pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done, By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 444
...the sight of his mother's picture — " My boast is not that I deduce my birlh From loius enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies." Mr. George Hardstaff was born at Annesley, a small village in Nottinghamshire,... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - Страниц: 314
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies. 9. And now farewell. Time unrevoked has His wonted course, yet what I wished,... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 548
...family, know what a rich father we had ! " My boast is not that I deduce my birth " From loins enthron'd and rulers of the earth ; " But higher far my proud pretensions rise, " The son of parents passed into the skies." Yes, it is a rare privilege we have all enjoyed in being descended from such... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - Страниц: 110
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - Страниц: 444
...family, knew what a rich father we had ! " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...pretensions rise, The son of parents pass'd into the skies." Yes, it is a rare privilege we have all enjoyed in being descended from such parents. They were the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - Страниц: 484
...rulers of the earth ; • Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now farewell. — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course ; yet what I wished is done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, born in Glasgow in the year 1765. He studied the law, and practised at the Scottis parent« paused into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - 1911 - Страниц: 1196
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies 1 "» And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what... | |
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My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. 
