 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 476 pages
...roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, * No braver chief could Albion boast * Than he with whom he went ; Nor ever ship left Albion's coast, With warmer...despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course ; But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless, perforce,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...bereft — His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer...death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. 128 But so the furious blast prevailed, That, pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1858 - 740 pages
...all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast, With warmer...both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. VOL. ii. 29 Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor soon he felt his strength... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 pages
...such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hopes, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could...nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life He shouted... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast, With wanner wishes sent. He lov'd spiritual liberty! But there is yet a liberty, unsung...unprais'd, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the pow're wag'd with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd... | |
 | 1890 - 366 pages
...all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast ,With warmer...despair of life. He shouted : nor his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That, pitiless perforce, They... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer...despair of life. He shouted ; nor his friends had fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail' d, That, pitiless perforce,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 622 pages
...wishes sent. He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneatlf conceal A bosom heaved with never-ceasing sighs....with hunger oft, or comelier clothes, Though pinch'd fail'd To check the vessel's course, But so the furious blast prevail'd, That pitiless perforce, They... | |
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer...beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; THE CASTAWAY. 311 Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away : But waged with death... | |
 | William Cowper - 1866 - 720 pages
...all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer...whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor soon ho felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported... | |
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He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But waged with Death a lasting strife, Supported by despair... 
