 | Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1827 - 534 pages
...whatever fell in their way, I gave orders that these birds were not to be molested. " 1 1. .v II,, tua glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of its...lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light." How instantly on hearing the pensive note of this bird, was I in the room where, in my tenth year,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 pages
...sporf, Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, ;., f Though a friend I am never to see* 6 How fleet is a glance otthe mind ! Compar'd with the speed... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more*. My friends', do they now and then send A wislO or a thought after me' ? O tell me I yet have a friend', Though a friend I am never to see*. 6 How fleet is a glance of the mind* ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight', The tempest itself lags... | |
 | Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1827 - 606 pages
...and eat whatever fell in their way, I gave orders that these birds were not to be molested. "Hmnfleel is a glance of the mind.' Compar'd with the speed of its flight, , The tempest itself lags behind, • ' t , , And the swift winged arrows ul1 light." How instantly on hearing the pensive note of this... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1827 - 270 pages
...really, these visits, in thought, are very delightful. Alexander Selkirk, you know, papa, says : ' How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, K'en the tempest itself lags behind, And the swift- winged arrows of light.' One of the first excursions... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827 - 186 pages
...and sleep, and carrying out into painful contrast my lodging and my home, I involuntarily exclaim. " My friends do they now and then send, A wish or a thought after me.'' Who can wonder that in such a situation I should occasionally pay a visit to the theatre, or the concert,... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 262 pages
...A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with...And the swift- winged arrows of light. When I think c^ my own native land , In a moment 1 seem to be there; But , alas '. recollection at hand , Soon hurries... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing, report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...after me ? O, tell me I yet have a friend/ Though a triend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 pages
...made me yo Or smil'd when a sabbath apj Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial endearing report A wish or a thought after me O tell me I yet have a friend, Of a land I shall visit no more My friends, do they now and thi 6. How fleet is a glance of the mini... | |
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Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I... 
