 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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...The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell—Time unrevok'd has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. ' Garth. By contemplation's... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 582 sidor
...following lines, from the same poem: " My boast is not, that 1 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... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 484 sidor
...following lines, from the same poem : "" My boast is not, that 1 deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...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... | |
 | 1826 - 440 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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 of parents passed into the skies !" Deprived thus early of his excellent and most affectionate parent, he was... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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...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 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive 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...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... | |
 | 1828 - 398 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1828 - 814 sidor
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My hoast 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 passed into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished... | |
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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. 
