 | James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - 384 sidor
...land I muft v\ft no more ! My friends ! do they now and then fend A thought or a wljh after me ? Oh ! tell me, I yet have a friend; Though a friend I am never to fee. Paflion here fpeaks in the ordinary abftract language of calm converfation : not in the abrupt, interjective... | |
 | Mr. Addison - 1794 - 254 sidor
...made me your fport, Convey to this defplate fiiore, Some cordial, endearing report, Of a land I can vifit no more. My Friends do they now and then fend...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 lags behind, And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 sidor
...friends— do they now and then fend A wiih cr a thought after me ? О tell me I yet h?ve a fiiem!, Though a friend I am never to fee. How fleet is a glance of the ¡ni,,d '— Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The temped itfelf. lags behind, And the fwifc-winged... | |
 | William Cowper - 1798 - 370 sidor
...cordial endearing report Of a land I Jhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A wifb 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 lags... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 sidor
...made me your fport, Convey to this defolate fliore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I fliall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend...me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend 1 am never to fee. How fleet is a glance of the Mind ! Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 372 sidor
...cordial endearing report Of A lar.d I fhall vifit no more. My friends, do they now and then fend A \vifh 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 I Compar'd with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf lags... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 sidor
...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 never to see. • VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 358 sidor
...fmiled when a fabbath appeared. V. Ye winds, that have made me your fport, Convey to this defclate fhore Some cordial endearing report Of a land, I fhall...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to fee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the fpeed of its flight, The tempeft itfelf lags... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 sidor
...Of a land I must visit no more. My Friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me f O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see." I have quoted this passage as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 sidor
...land, I. shall visit ao more,. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought -afeer'tue ? - O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am nevorto Stee. VI. How fleet is a glance of the mind! . Compared with the speed of iw flight, The tempest... | |
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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... 
