 Doom'd, as I am, in solitude to waste The present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The dull effect of humour, or of spleen...  The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine: Containing ... - Pagina 801824Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost : Call not this gloom I wear,...snatch'd by fate in early youth away — And her, through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain !* O prone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, Mv friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...Him, snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And her — through tedious years of doubt and pain Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain ! O prone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...Him, snatch'd by fate in early youth away; And her — through tedious years of doubt and pain Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — hut in vain ! O prone... | |
 | 1835 - 440 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valuea most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The dull effect of humor or of spleen. Still, still I mourn, with each returning day, Him* snatched by fate in early youth... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 726 pagina’s
...mourn, with each returning day, Him * snatch'd, by fate, in early youth away ; And her — through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain. O prone to pity, gen'rous, and sincere, "Whose eye ne'er yet refused the wretch a tear; Whose heart... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...Him, snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And her — through tedious years of doubt and pain Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain ! O prone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 384 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most. My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...day. Him* snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And herf-thro" tedious years of ddubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful — but in vain ! O prone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 388 pagina’s
...present moments, and regret the past ; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear,...dull effect of humour, or of spleen ! Still, still, 1 mourn, with each returning day. Him* snatch'd by fate in early youth away ; And herf— thro* tedious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 372 pagina’s
...the friend to whom Cowper alludes in some of the earliest of his verses which have been preserved : Still, still, I mourn with each returning day Him snatch'd by fate in early youth away. In a letter wherein Cowper delivers a strong opinion against public education, he says, " Connexions... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pagina’s
...friend to whom Cowper alludes in some of the earliest of his verses which have been preserved. ' " Still, still, I 'mourn with each returning day, Him snatch'd by fate in early vouth away." ' Vol. I., pp. 17-19. That these years, if not his happiest, were those in which he tasted... | |
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