 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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 is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — Ihe son of parents... | |
 | 1865 - 346 pages
...those beautiful lines of Cowper : — ' 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.' And as he has thus repeated them has resolved that he would not dishonour their... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...joy, arrive what may to me. • Garth. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth , But higher far my proud...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By Contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 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... | |
 | 918 pages
...quoting the words of the poet Cowper : " My boast is, not that I derived 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." Whilst under their care he was a constant attendant on public worship, and... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...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 may...The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell—Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. - Garth. By contemplation's... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 484 pages
...following lines, from the same poem : "" My boast is not, that 1 deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...rise — The Son of Parents pass'd into the skies." Before obtaining his Mother's picture, the occasion, it is well known, of these beautiful lines, Cowper... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 582 pages
...following lines, from the same poem: " My boast is not, that 1 deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of 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, it is well known, of these beautiful lines, Cowper... | |
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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! 
