| New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 頁
...what may to me. 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...parents pass'd into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. • Garth. By Contemplation's help,... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 頁
...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— The son of parents pass'd into the skies. * Gartb. And now, farewell—Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 頁
...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 — The son...done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem'd to have liv'd my childhood o'er again; To have renew 'd the joys that once were mine, Without... | |
| William Cowper - 1828 - 468 頁
...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 — The son...done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem'd t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without... | |
| 1828 - 398 頁
...pretensions rise — I'he son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time uurevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem'd t' have liv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have reuew'd the joys that once were mine, Without... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 592 頁
...say — " 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 — " The son of parents pass'd into the skies !" Let us so live, as that our children may derive from us advantage and respect. But the principal... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 頁
...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 — The son...By contemplation's 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... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 頁
...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 — The son...By Contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t* have Hv'd my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 頁
...me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; * Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 頁
...same poem : " 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." Before obtaining his Mother's picture, the occasion, it is well known, of these beautiful lines, Cowper... | |
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