| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...the firm failor leaves his own ; Obedient to the rifmg gale, Unmoors his bark, and fpreads his fail; *- (- Is Death a pow'rful monarch ? True : Perhaps you dread the tyrant too ! Fear, like a fog, precludes... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 páginas
...the firm failor leaves his own} Obedient to the rifing gale, Unmoors his bark, andlpreads his fail ; Defies the ocean and the wind, Nor mourns the joys he left behind. Is Death a pow'rful monarch ? True : Perhaps you dread the tyrant too ! Fear, like a fog, precludes... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...look to shore. For foreign ports, anil lands unknown, Thus the firm sailor leaves his own ; Oltcdieiit that no uiore. Who gave beginning, can exclude an end ; Deny thou art, then, doubt if thou shah Is Death a pow'rful monarch ? True ; Perhaps you dread the tyrant too ! Fear, like a fog, precludes... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 316 páginas
...trifles all!—no more — Nor send one wishful look to shore. For foreign ports and lands unknown, Thus the firm sailor leaves his own; Obedient to the rising...Defies the ocean and the wind, Nor mourns the joys he leaves behind. Fear, like a fog, precludes the light, Or swells the object to the sight. Attend my... | |
| John Gay - 1826 - 376 páginas
...ports and lands unknown, Thus the firm sailor leaves hia own ; Obedient to the rising gale, Unmoors hia bark, and spreads his sail; Defies the ocean, and the wind, Nor mourns the joys he leaves behind. Is Death a pow'rfol monarch? True — Perhaps you dread the tyrant too! Fear, like a... | |
| Wesleyan pulpit - 1855 - 652 páginas
...ports, and lands unknown, Thus the firm sailor leaves his own ; Obedient to the rising gale, Unmasks his bark, and spreads his sail ; Defies the ocean and the wind, Nor mourns the joys he left behind." " Death's but a path that must be trod, If man would ever come to God : A port of calms, a state of... | |
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