| Alexander Bower - 1804 - 250 pages
...the struggling oar ; Shot through the gloom the morn at last , Gives to thy longing eye the blisful shore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ;...tender tale, I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all. Whether Mr. Beattie had been in a bad state of health at this time, or whether any serious dispensation... | |
| Alexander Bower - 1804 - 246 pages
...blisful shore. Forget my frailties, tliou art also frail ; Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fallj Nor read unmoved my artless tender tale, I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all. Whether Mr. Beattie had been in a bad state of health at this time, or whether any serious dispensation... | |
| 1805 - 498 pages
...a fair idea of his moral character, at least at that period. We transcribe the concluding lines : ' Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall j Nor read unmov'd, my artless tender tale, I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all.' p. 123. We are... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 362 pages
...threatful blast Let steady Reason urge the struggling oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget...reminded of Gray's ' Elegy in a Country Church-yard.' Whether Beattie had that poem in his eye while he was writing, cannot with any certainty be discovered.... | |
| Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - 1807 - 572 pages
...threatful blast Let steady Reason urge the struggling oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget...some places reminded of Gray's "Elegy in a Country Church -yard." Whether Beattie had that poem in his eye while he was writing, cannot with any certainty... | |
| Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 pages
...Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Supposed to haTe been intended by Dr. Beattie for himself. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive...tender tale, I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all. FROM THE NOVICE OF ST. DOMINICK. KEEN is the pang of the orphan's heart, when, after the transient... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful ihore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive...tale, — I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all. * ;V. 11. The letter of reference accidentally omitted. In perusing this beautiful Epitaph, the reader... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 464 pages
...threalful blast Let steady reason urge the struggling oar; Shot through the dreary gloom the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget...Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall; Nor read unmov'd my artless tender tale, I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all !" This epitaph is said, by... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...the balmy rose ? Waved over by thy magic wand, Does life inform fell Lybia's burning sand i VOL. III. In perusing this beautiful Epitaph, the reader will...reminded of Gray's ' Elegy in a Country Church-yard.' Whether Beattie had that poem in his eye while he was writing, cannot with any certainty be discovered.... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 pages
...threaifu! blast Let steady reason urge the struggling oarj Shot through the dreary gloom the mom at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail j Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall ; Nor read unmov'd my artless tender tale, I was a friend,... | |
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