 | William Phelan - 1832 - 454 Seiten
...immediate neighbour* Admirably transfused and heightened, by the greatest of our later poets : . . • My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parent* passed into the skies.' a <2 hood. The master, Mr. Michael Ryan, was an expert Latinist... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 354 Seiten
...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...the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies!" Deprived thus early of his excellent and most affectionate... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...Always from port withheld, always distressed— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, 35 My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...Earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise— The son of parents, passed itito the skies. EXERCISE 104. Extract from "The Grave."—MONTGOMERY 1... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...by day', some current's* thwarting force' Sets me more distant from a prosperous course'. Yef , O', the thought', that thou art safe', and he'! — That...earth'; But higher far my proud pretensions rise', The son of parents' passed into the skies'. *Knyrents— not, kftr'runts. bPa'rents. And now', farewell'.... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 Seiten
...are mentioned merely with a view to the introduction of the following lines, from the same poem : " My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins...the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The Son of Parents pass'd into the skies." Before obtaining his Mother's picture, the occasion,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 Seiten
...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...the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. * Garth. And now farewell — time unrevoked has run... | |
 | 1835 - 440 Seiten
...force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh! the thought that thou art safe, and he I That thought is joy, arrive what may to me : My boast...the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies !" Deprived thus early of his excellent and most affectionate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 Seiten
...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...earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell ! — Time unrevoked has run His wonted... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...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...the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 Seiten
...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...birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; • Garth. VOL. VII. I But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into... | |
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My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. 
