| William Cowper - 1855 - 798 էջ
...deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pn'tensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies....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... | |
| Robert Benton Seeley - 1855 - 294 էջ
...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 unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
| Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 էջ
...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 pretensions rise— The son of 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... | |
| 1855 - 488 էջ
...their ancestors. 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. Too much reading and too little meditation produces the effect of a lamp inverted, which is extinguished... | |
| Martin Hood Wilkin - 1855 - 524 էջ
...Cowper — 'My boast is, not that I deduce my birth, From loins enthron'd, or rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents pass'd into the skies.' " : It is probable that the ancestors of the family fled from Scotland during the fiery persecutions... | |
| William Cowper - 1855 - 582 էջ
...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 mto the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is... | |
| William Cowper - 1856 - 464 էջ
...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...seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine ; And while the wings of Fancy... | |
| London readers - 1878 - 344 էջ
...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...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... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 էջ
...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 again ; ]- quiescent, resting calmly. 13 impregnated, filled. 14 consort, husband. These lines were written... | |
| 1878 - 446 էջ
...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 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... | |
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