 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 pass'd into the skies.  Poems - Page 277by William Cowper - 1808Full view - About this book
 | 1832 - 418 pages
...Author of " Interesting Narratives," &c. " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthfon'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud .pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. " IT has been well remarked by a respectable writer, that " the memorials of... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1832 - 482 pages
...— will be reminded, at once, of those beautiful lines : ' My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise; The child of parents passed into the skies.' 'I feel inclined to hope that I am progressing, though by... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...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 passed into the skies. And now, farewell! Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished... | |
 | William Phelan - 1832 - 454 pages
...greatest of our later poets : . . • 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 parent* passed into the skies.' a <2 hood. The master, Mr. Michael Ryan, was an expert Latinist ; pedantic,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 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 passed into the skies I Deprived thus early of bis excellent and most affectionate parent, he was sent,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, 35 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 itito the skies. EXERCISE 104. Extract from "The Grave."—MONTGOMERY 1 There is a calm for... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 pages
...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 passed into the skies ! Deprived thus early of his excellent and most affectionate parent, he was sent,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 pages
...following lines, from the same poem : " My boast is not, that I 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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...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' passed into the skies'. *Knyrents— not, kftr'runts. bPa'rents. And now', farewell'. Time unrevoked... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...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...rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. * Garth. And now farewell — time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done.... | |
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