Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative... Poems - Strona 457autor: William Cowper - 1850 - Liczba stron: 514Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| William Cowper - 1843 - Liczba stron: 406
...catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere,...Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd,... | |
| Thomas Taylor - 1843 - Liczba stron: 316
...unspent power, His destiny repelled; And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cry'd ' Adieu 1' No poet wept him, but the page Of narrative sincere,...immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Pescanting on his fute ! To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But misery still delights... | |
| Robert Southey - 1843 - Liczba stron: 388
...Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on Ms fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - Liczba stron: 108
...Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, nor dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But misery still... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - Liczba stron: 310
...then, by toil subdu'd, he drank The Stirling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Ol narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth,...enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When,... | |
| 1846 - Liczba stron: 486
...ninepence After portraying most graphically and touchingly these circumstances, Cowper then proceeds : " No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere...bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead." That mariner, however, he contemplated as a symbol of himself. With a heart-thrilling pathos he points... | |
| Presbyterian Church of England - 1849
...an emblem of his own, it is almost impossible to listen to his moaning lament without tears : — " I therefore purpose not, or dream Descanting on his...enduring date, But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. " No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone, When... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - Liczba stron: 740
...catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere,...enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone, When,... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - Liczba stron: 442
...catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...enduring date ; But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When,... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - Liczba stron: 476
...catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring... | |
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