 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 Seiten
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that 1 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 I Deprived thus early of bis excellent and most affectionate parent, he was sent,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, 35 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 itito the skies. EXERCISE 104. Extract from "The Grave."—MONTGOMERY 1 There is a calm for... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 Seiten
...following lines, from the same poem : " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...rise — The Son of Parents pass'd into the skies." Before obtaining his Mother's picture, the occasion, it is well known, of these beautiful lines, Cowper... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...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'. *Knyrents— not, kftr'runts. bPa'rents. And now', farewell'. Time unrevoked... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 Seiten
...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...rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. * Garth. And now farewell — time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done.... | |
 | 1835 - 440 Seiten
...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 !" Deprived thus early of his excellent and most affectionate parent, he was... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 Seiten
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 Seiten
...pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done....By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 Seiten
...me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; • Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has fun His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
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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. 
