 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...distress'd, — Me howling, winds drive devious, teinpest-toss'd, Sails rrpt, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost ; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. But, oh ! that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me."... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1801 - 614 pages
...distress'd — Me howling winds drive devious, tempest-toss' d, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost ; And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. s But oh the thought that thou art safe, and he, That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...distress' d.... Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more dif ant from a prosp'rous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...distrest; Me, howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams open'ing wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Bat oh ! the thought that thau art safe, and he, That thought is joy — arrive what may to me ! In... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...distressed — Me howling winds drive devious, tempest tossed, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 502 pages
...distress'd^ Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But oh the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...distressed. Me howling winds drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails i-ipt, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course ; But oh, the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! The thought is joy, arrive what may ts me. My boast... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...distress'd— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest- toss' d, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous conrse. Vet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...— Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost, And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...distress'd— . Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-toss'd, Sails ripp'd, seams op'ning wide, and compass lost. And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what... | |
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That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins... 
