| 1803 - 438 páginas
...with unspent power, His destiny repell'd : And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried ' adieu.' At length his transient respite past, His comrades who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdued, lie drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Hayley - 1803 - 330 páginas
...who lives an hour In ocean, felf-upheld: And fo long he, with unfpent power, His deftiny repell'd: And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cry'd—« Adieu!" At length, his tranfient refpite paft, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in ev'ry blaft, Could catch the... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...nigh! He long survives, who live* an hour In ocean, self upheld: And so long he, with unspent pow'r, At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before ' Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 400 páginas
...with unspent pow'r His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in cv'ry blast, Could catch the sound no more. For then, by toil subdu'd, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 páginas
...with unspent power, His destiny repeU'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 páginas
...unspent power, His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 páginas
...with unspent pow'r His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu !" At length, his transient respite past. His...Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast, Could catch the sornd no more. For then, by toil subdu'd, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept... | |
| John Struthers - 1822 - 276 páginas
...with unspent power, His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried—** adieu." At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling ware,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 páginas
...unspent power, His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — ' Adieu !' At length his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave,... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 330 páginas
...with unspent pow'r His destiny repell'd : And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried — " Adieu '." At length, his transient respite past, His...Could catch the sound no more. : For then, by toil subdu'd, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative... | |
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