 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...the earth ; Hut higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the Hkies. he had himself, in 1770, heard wished is done. By contemplation'« help, not sought in vain, I seem to hare lived my childhood o'er... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 Seiten
...enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; 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 -washed is done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents past 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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 Seiten
...enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | 1846 - 332 Seiten
...enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; 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... | |
 | Garland - 1847 - 104 Seiten
...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 pretensions rise — The son...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, nor sought... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1847 - 500 Seiten
...same poem : " 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." Before obtaining his Mother's picture, the occasion, it is -well known, of these beautiful lines, Cowper... | |
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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. 
