 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
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pàgines
...Retirement. 16 His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. COWPER — Truth. Line 405. (See also DYER) oth with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which...canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings compos swift-winged arrows of light. COWPER — Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk. is Nature's... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 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...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... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 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 wing'd arrows... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1923 - 100 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...have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. "But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of... | |
 | Edmund David Jones - 1924 - 636 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I must 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. This passage is quoted as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first four lines... | |
 | 1925 - 304 pàgines
..." is really only a sphere where the motions of the mind are so rapid that we cannot follow them. " How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with...lags behind And the swift winged arrows of light." Let me try and illustrate what I mean. I have a country cousin who comes up to London. I take him round... | |
 | 1926 - 780 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; But... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1927 - 342 pàgines
...cordial endearing report Of a land I must visit no more. My Friends, do they now and then send A wish qr a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. I have quoted this passage as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first four... | |
 | 1909 - 498 pàgines
...your sport Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I must 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. This passage is quoted as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first four lines... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1920 - 388 pàgines
...sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I must 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. This passage is quoted as an instance of three different styles of composition. The first four lines... | |
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