 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 am...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 165by William Cowper - 1924 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 312 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My ft lends do they now and then fend A wifli or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - 384 pages
...land I mujl vifit no more! My friends ! Jo they now and then fend A thought or a wi/i after me ? Ob.' tell me, I yet have a friend ; Though a friend I am never to fee, Paflion here fpeaks in the ordinary abftraft language of calm converfation : not in the abrupt,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends, dd they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friefid, Though a friend I am never to fee. X 2 VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1794 - 564 pages
...cordial, endearing report, Of a land I can vifit no more. My Friends do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a Friend, Though a Friend I am never to fee. How fleet is the glance of the mind! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight; The Tempeft itfelf... | |
 | John Wesley - 1783 - 798 pages
...cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. My friends do they now and then fend, A wifh or a thought after me ? O tell me, I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How fteet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the fpeed of its ftight, . The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...fhall vifit no more. My friend?, do they now and then fend A wifh or a thought after me? O tell ir.e I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. How fleet is a glance of the Mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pages
...and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. * V. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...truth , Might learn from the wisdom of «,ge , And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Ye winds thar have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate...am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! — Compar'd with the speed of its flight , The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift - winged... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 284 pages
...and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'il when a sabbath appear'd. 5. Ye winds, that have made me your sport. Convey to...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...and rocks never heard,. Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. 5. Ye winds, that have made me your sport. Convey to...Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit ao more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have... | |
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