 But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair.  Poems - Page 266de William Cowper - 1810Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...place where any one (deer or other animal) is laid. Cowper uses the word in the well-known lines: — " But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair," 8 Glenartney — a vale in Menteith. 3 Beacon — from Anglo-Saxon bien-ian to beck or beckon, to call... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 806 pages
...their noontide lore: With rocks above to shield the sharp nocturnal air. Dnjden. yiryif. Georyic 3. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his fair; Even here it a season cf rest And I to my cabin repair. Cowper. Vtriet, tuppoied to be written... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...In a moment, 1 seem to be there; But. alas! recollection at hand, Soon hurries me buck to despair. But the sea-fowl — is gone to her nest. The beast Is laid down In his lau- ; Even here — Is a season of rest. And 1 — to my cabin repair. There's mercy — in every... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...be there*, But, alas! recollection at hand, Boon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl—is gone to her nest. The beast is laid down In his lair ; Even here—is a season of rest. And 1—to my cabin repair. There's mercy—in every place ; And mercy—encouraging... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pages
...land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...thought ; Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles rnan to his lot. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to day, Woven with pains into his plan,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...In a moment I seem to be there ; , But, alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place i And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot." These... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the seafowl is gone to her nest, The beast has laid down in his lair ; Even here is a season of rest,...my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And niercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ON THE PROMOTION... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The heast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And... | |
 | Child - 1850 - 72 pages
...In a moment I seem to be there ; But, alas! recollection at hand, Soon hurries me back to despair ! But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place : Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot! And mercy (encouraging thought!) COWPER.... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas ! recollection at hand, Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is...here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There is mercy in every place, And mercy (encouraging thought!) Gives even affliction a grace, And... | |
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