 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...  The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ... - Page 210by William Hayley - 1803Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, he drank Tiie stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere,...Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, , Alike immortalise the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy... | |
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, lie 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, Is wet with Atisou's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I, therefore, purport... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...by bards or heroes fhed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpofe not, or dream, Defcanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery ftUl delights to trace Its 'femblance in another's cafe. No voice divine the ft6rm allay'd,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...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,...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...stifling wave, and then he sank*. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tslls his name, his worth, his age,. Is wet with Anson's...give the melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery still delights to trace. Its 'semblance m.another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd,.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...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,...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That talb his name, his worth, his age* Is wet with Anson's...delights to trace. Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine. the storm allay'd,No light propitious shone ; When snatch'd from all effectual aid,... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...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 Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...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,...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 528 pages
...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,...delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. X When, snatch'd from all effectuaifcM, We perish'd, each alone : ?J-.)0 1 But I "beneath a rougher... | |
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