 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pagina’s
...winds drive devious, tempest tossed, ,\ Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day hy day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course, But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pagina’s
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that tliou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Oarlh.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pagina’s
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. * Garth.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pagina’s
...distressed— Me howling winds drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ; But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pagina’s
...disîre>t; .Me, liowling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ripp'd, scams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course : But oh ! the thought that thuu are blest, and h?, That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." The... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pagina’s
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pagina’s
...distressed — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ; Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pagina’s
...Garth. Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Soils ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou an safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pagina’s
...Me howling blasts drive devious, te m pest- toss' d, Sails ripp'o, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet О the thought, that thou art safe, ar.d he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pagina’s
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss 'd, Sails ripp'd, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
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That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins... 
