 | 1852 - 572 Seiten
...ancestral pride. " 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." Next to birth we mentioned BANK. Rank which in this country takes precedence from office, when it has... | |
 | 1852 - 196 Seiten
...higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. IMAGINARY EVILS. 45 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 t' have lived my childhood o'er... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 Seiten
...may to me. My boast is not, that I doduco my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son...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... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 Seiten
...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...sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er agaiu ; To have renew' d the joys that once were mine Without the sin of violating thine ; And, while... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 Seiten
...may to me; My boast is not, that I deduce, my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth j' But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son...the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has rurt His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is don*. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 Seiten
...proud pretensions rise— The son of parents puss'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 in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time nnrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked hath run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done....By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin... | |
 | Edward William Hooker - 1854 - 126 Seiten
...peculiar home." " My boast is not that I derive 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." VI.— MRS. KEZIA THOMPSON. "Mas. KEZIA THOMPSON, wife of Deacon Augustus Thompson, was born in Great... | |
 | Walter Lorenzo Sheldon - 1904 - 424 Seiten
...them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. 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... | |
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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. 
