 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, . And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...  Poems - Page 106by William Cowper - 1815Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 476 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet nndawning east, 130 Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instinctive ease, 135 And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 pages
...Thou hold'st the Sun A pris'ner in the yet undawning east, Short'ning his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay Down...fixing thought, Not less dispers'd by daylight and its cares. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all... | |
 | Garden - 1882 - 530 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | Winter pictures - 1882 - 200 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 460 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...each, Shortening his journey l>etween morn a ml noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down lo the rosy west; but kindly still Compensating his loss...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1883 - 274 pages
...Thou holdest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | 1885 - 686 pages
...Thou holdest the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...Thou hold'st the sun A prisoner in the yet undawning east, Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down...hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And gathering, at short notice, in one group The family dispersed, and fixing thought, Not less dispersed... | |
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