 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...a sea, Alone could rescue them ; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh. He long survives, who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld : And so long he, with unspent poxv'r His destiny repell'd : And ever as the m:nutes flaw, Entreated help, or cried—" Adieu l>At... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...OBSCUBEST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever kft. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...last of mere old age. This tragedy occurred riot many years after the death of Cowper. THE CASTAWAY. Obscurest night involved the sky; The Atlantic billows...friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...OBSOTTREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - 1855 - 294 pages
...Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destin'd wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast,... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...recited these lines of the piece : — " The Atlantic btUow« roared, When such a destined wretch as Г, Washed headlong from on board — Of friends, of hope, of all bereft ¡ Bii floating home for ever left 1" And do sailors — practical foremastmen — appreciate and repeat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...Obscurest night involved the sky; Th'Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, 'of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he, with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Mental illness - 1856 - 360 pages
...Obscurest night involved the sky, TV Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board. Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. " No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...OBSCUREST night involved the sky ; The Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went ; Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Mental illness - 1856 - 438 pages
...Obscurest night involved the sky, Th' Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left. No braver chief could Albion boast, Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's... | |
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OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he... 
