 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.  Poems - Strana 277podľa William Cowper - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1869 - Počet stránok 306
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins euthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud...contemplation's help, not sought in vain, I seem t' have my childhood o'er again ; To have rencw'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - Počet stránok 508
...not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my prond pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time uurevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not songht... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 310
...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. By Contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | Richard Shackleton - 1822 - Počet stránok 240
...HER GRANDFATHER. ABRAHAM SHACKLETON. " 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 child of parents pass'd into the skies." COWPER. LONDON: ....... ''•'•'•' PRINTED FOR. HARVEY... | |
 | Richard Shackleton - 1822 - Počet stránok 242
...GRANDFATHER, ABRAHAM SHACKLETON. '• 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 child of parents pass'd into the skies." COWPER. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND DARTON, GRACECHURCH-STREET.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 450
...safe, and he ! That 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 470
...safe, and he ! That 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...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 446
...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...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is doneBy contemplation's help, not sought in... | |
 | 1824 - Počet stránok 542
...declared with the grateful feeling of an amiable British poet : " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the earth ; But...far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies. COWPEB. His father was a respectable inhabitant of Lichtenfels, in the hi2i... | |
 | 1865 - Počet stránok 346
...those beautiful lines of Cowper : — ' 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.' And as he has thus repeated them has resolved that he would not dishonour their... | |
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