| William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...thou art fafe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretenfions rife — The fon of parents parted into the fkies. And now, farewell — time... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 388 pages
...fafe, and hej That thought is joy, arrive what may to m£. • Garth. My boaft is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretenfious rife — The fon of parents pafled into the fkies. And now, farewell — time... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...thou art safe, and he ! That 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. ^ And now. farewell — time... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...thou art safe, and he ! That 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 pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — time... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...thou art safe, and he ! That 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 sou of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell — time... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Oarlh. 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. And now farewell — Time unrevoked... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Garth. 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. And now farewell—Time unrevokcd... | |
| William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...thou art safe, and he ! That 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 pretentious rise— The son of parents passed into the skies. And, now farewell — time unrevoked... | |
| Richard Shackleton - Quakers - 1822 - 242 pages
...SKETCH, AND SOME LETTERS, OF HER GRANDFATHER, ABRAHAM SHACKLETON. '• 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 child of parents pass'd into the skies." COWPER. LONDON : PRINTED FOR... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...thou art safe, and he ! That 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 pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked... | |
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