| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...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...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; * Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise..,. The son...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...may to me. My hoast is not, that I deduce my hirth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise—- The son...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... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my prond pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into...done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem'd t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again : To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, 'Without... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 pages
...what may ts 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...skies. And now farewell; time, unrevok'd has run His wanted course, yet what I wiah'd is done, By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...me. « Garth. 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...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — no The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now,...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...me. • Garth. 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... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...expression. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and nobles of the earth j But higher far my proud pretensions rise ; The son of parents pass'd into the skies. COWPEB. As a matter of good policy, it might be suggested to all head» of rising families, that the... | |
| William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pages
...dednce my birth From loius enthron'd, and rnlers of the Earth ; Bnt higher far my prond preteusious rise—- The son of parents pass'd into the skies. .And now, farewell— Time nurevok'd has rnn His wonted conrse, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not songht... | |
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