 How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon...  The Poems of William Cowper ... - Pàgina 338per William Cowper - 1860 - 491 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 436 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial endearing report Of the land, I shall visit no more. My friends,— do they now and then send A wish or...after me ? O tell me, I yet have a friend, Though that friend I am never to see ! Cowper. And here I cannot refrain from remarking, that of all the cemeteries... | |
 | 1823 - 936 pàgines
...yet have a friend, Though a friend 1 am never to sec. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift- winged arrows of light. VS hen I think on my own native land, III a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing, report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land, I shall visit no more. his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk...silent, morn, or even, To hill or valley, fountain 1 Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing, report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...after me ? O, tell me I yet have a friend, Though a triend I am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...send A wish or a thought after me ? О tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to tee. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with...its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of lighl When J Uiink of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself Jags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to sec. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore, Some cordial endearing report , Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a...me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend 1 am never to see. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the spefrd of its flight, The... | |
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