 No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear: And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the...  Life of William Cowper, Esq - Page 255by Thomas Taylor - 1843 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Books - 1824 - 564 pages
...stanza shews that it was dictated by despair and anguish of mind ; " No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When snatched from all...But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he" , Cowper was haunted with the dreadful idea of final reprobation, and well might his... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date ; But misery stiil delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm alhy'd, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We peri&lrd, each alone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...heroes shed, v Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date....the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch' d from all effectual aid, We pcrish'd, each alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelm'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...heroes shed, Alike immortalize- the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date....'semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'dfrom all effectual aid. We perish'd, each alone ;... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date....delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case. i No voice divine the storm allay d, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch'djrom all effectual aid,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate! To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date,...the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone ; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We perish'd, each alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelm'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...melancholy theme A more enduring date. But mifery still delights to trace. Its 'semblance m.another's case. No voice divine the storm allay'd,. No light propitious shone ; When snatch'd from all effectual aid. We perish'd each alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And 'whelm'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate ! To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date....the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We perish'd, each alone ; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelm'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead, I therefore purpose not, or dream,. Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date....'semblance in another's case. No voice divine. the storm allay'd,No light propitious shone ; When snatch'd from all effectual aid, "We perish'd each alone ;... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...over-board in a storm, and is forced to be abandoned to the waves, he concludes with saying, that — Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allay 'd, No light propitious shone, When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, Count of Paleno, however,... | |
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