Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I... Poems - Page 307by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
| 1808 - 506 pages
...a land I shall visit no more. My friends do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? .Q tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance of the mind, Compar'd with the speed of its flight ! The tempest itself... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, IV. The praise bestow'd was just and wise ; He sprang impetuous forth Secure of conquest, where the... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of ifs flight, The tempest itself... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of if s flight, The tempest itself... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, * The tempest itself... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...land I lhall viiit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A whh or a thought after me ? Î tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How rieet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its llight, The tempeft itfelf lags... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 pages
...have made me your fport, Convey to this defolate fliore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A wifli or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How... | |
| William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of it's flight, The tempest itself... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...cordial endearing report Ola land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Cornpar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 pages
...that have made me your fport, Convey to this defolate fhore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. * How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf lags... | |
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