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" Yet, oh, the thought that thou art safe, and 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 — The son of parents passed... "
Theology in the English Poets: Cowper, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Burns - Page 65
by Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1874 - 339 pages
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The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious ..., Volume 2

1801 - 530 pages
...day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." The principal pleafure that he appeared capable of receiving was, indeed, that which he derived from...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

Tobias Smollett - 1801 - 614 pages
...And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. s But oh the thought that thou art safe, and he, That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." ' The principal pleasure that our excellent neighbour appeared to be capable of receiving was indeed...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more dif ant from a prosp'rous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; * Garth. But...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 13

1801 - 432 pages
...current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Bat oh ! the thought that thau art safe, and he, That thought is joy — arrive what may to me ! In another part of his poems, he draws an affecting picture of himself in these words — too remarkable...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...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 is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...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 is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...day by day, some current'* thwarting' force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." The principal pleasure that he appeared capable of receiving was, indeed, that which he derived from...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...current's thwarting force Seta me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou ait safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast is not, that I deduce my hirth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous conrse. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...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 may to me. « Garth. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But...
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