 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
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - Počet stránok 426
...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 sent,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - Počet stránok 442
...following lines, from the same poem : " My boast is not, that I 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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - Počet stránok 360
...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'. *Knyrents— not, kftr'runts. bPa'rents. And now', farewell'. Time unrevoked... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Počet stránok 620
...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...rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. * Garth. And now farewell — time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done.... | |
 | 1835 - Počet stránok 440
...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... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - Počet stránok 336
...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 done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - Počet stránok 420
...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 done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - Počet stránok 710
...pretensions rise — The son of 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 in vain, I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renew'd the joys that once were mine, Without the sin... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Počet stránok 406
...me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; • Garth. But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son...pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has fun His wonted course, yet what I wish'd is done. By contemplation's help, not sought... | |
 | William Nevins - 1836 - Počet stránok 432
...aboard, and the storm was for his sake. 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. Hosea must have prophesied eighty years, and yet all that remains of him are... | |
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