 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 pages
...that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may ts me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd and rulers of the earth,...skies. And now farewell; time, unrevok'd has run His wanted course, yet what I wiah'd is done, By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem to have... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...whatever are my own demerits, still it is for me to feel, as Cowper felt, My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth...far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies ! :"*•'•» Accustomed thus early to religion, continually mixing, almost... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 1809 - 392 pages
...my own demerits, still it is for me to feel, as Cowper felt, — -— My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth...far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies! Accustomed thus early to religion, continually mixing, almost from the cradle,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 far my prond pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell— Time unrevok'd... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...he repeated Cowper's words : — " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthronrd, or rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise ; The sun of parents passed into the skies." Thus environed by Christian influence he grew up outwardly moral,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...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...help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...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 far my proud pretensions rise — no The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevok'd has run His wonted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...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;...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. By contemplation's... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...expression. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and nobles of the earth j But higher far my proud pretensions rise ; The son of parents pass'd into the skies. COWPEB. As a matter of good policy, it might be suggested to all head» of rising families, that the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pages
...dednce my birth From loius enthron'd, and rnlers of the Earth ; Bnt higher far my prond preteusious rise—- The son of parents pass'd into the skies. .And now, farewell— Time nurevok'd has rnn His wonted conrse, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not songht... | |
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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 pass'd into the skies. 
