 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
 | Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1827 - 534 pàgines
...gave orders that these birds were not to be molested. " 1 1. .v II,, tua glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light." How instantly on hearing the pensive note of this bird, was I in the room where, in my tenth year,... | |
 | 1828 - 398 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 Cowper - 1830 - 374 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...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 ;... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pàgines
...Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after met O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pàgines
...a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me 1 O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am...mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The Jempost itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land,... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 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... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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...yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see ! T How fleet is the glance of the mind ! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pàgines
...present day. We pass rapidly from one part of the globe to another. Cowper exclaims, — " How swift is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed...its flight The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light." We may visit the poles or the tropics. We may fancy ourselves in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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...its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-wing'd arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 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...friend, Though a friend I am never to see. How fleet is the glance df the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And... | |
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