 | Charles Frederick Bennett - 1817 - 174 pages
...grief, resolved not to return to London an unsuccessful adventurec. My voyage resembled that of life : " Bound on a voyage of awful length, " And dangers little...superior strength, " Man vainly trusts his own ; " But oars alone can ne'er prevail " To reach the distant coast — • '( The breath of heav'n must swell... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length, And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vaiuly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The hreath of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 pages
...Through all his art we view; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little...superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail, To reach the distant coast: The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length, And dangers little...stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. Bnt oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of heaven must swell the sail,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...Through all his art we view; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger 1o superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail, To reach the distant... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers litlle known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail, To reach the distant coast: The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,... | |
 | Elizabeth C. Jones - 1819 - 60 pages
...Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies,. His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length^ And dangers little...superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail, To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1819 - 666 pages
...Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known: A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 4 But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of heav'n must swell the... | |
 | 1820 - 414 pages
...Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known : A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 4 But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of heaven must swell the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. V. Bound on a voyage of awful length And daagers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. VI. But oars alone can ne'er prevail, I68 THE MODERN PATRIOT. i. REBELLION is my theme all day ; I... | |
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Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast, The breath of heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. 
